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Local peace activist jailed for Afghan war protest
On Wednesday 29 February at Hastings Magistrates Court, a local peace activist who recently returned from a trip to Afghanistan was sentenced to 13 days in prison for her role in an anti-war protest …
(Read more...)Recycled 2012 at Hastings Arts Forum
The designer Issey Miyake once said: “The purpose – where I start – is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it’s reuse.” Cathy Simpson explores Recycled 2012 at Hastings Arts Forum.
This exhibition is …
(Read more...)Money for old seasides
The Coastal Communities Fund is a new source of grants for the economic regeneration of ailing seaside towns such as Hastings and St Leonards. The minimum size for bids to the fund is £50,000 and voluntary groups, charities …
(Read more...)A sofa dumped on the pavement was put on Freecycle and taken within hours!
The unsung heroes and heroines of recycling
While many of us loudly celebrated Preservation Sunday on 19 February, over 5,000 residents of Hastings & St Leonards quietly marked …
(Read more...)New Hastings Charity is going swimmingly
Charity for Kids, Hastings’ newly established registered charity, is ready for every challenge in its drive to provide for the disadvantaged and poorly children in the Hastings area. So much so that they have started training …
(Read more...)It’s De La Warr-hol!
With only two more weeks to go until the end of the Warhol Show, the artist himself turned up fashionably late to check out the work and enjoy another 15 minutes of fame. Erica Smith writes…
At noon …
(Read more...)Regeneration initiative reports progress
Nearly 100 people crammed into a meeting room on Thursday 9 Feb to hear updates on the housing-led regeneration of Central St Leonards and the launch of the St Leonards Way Forward Group. The meeting was a report …
(Read more...)Convent site plans come under fire
Searching questions both about the proposals for developing the convent site in Magdalen Road and the council’s handling of the application were raised at a public meeting on Sunday 5 February, Nick Terdre reports.
Twenty two …
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Two wise monkeys and some Wet Nuns…
Glen Braybrooke-Smith of Oasis Audio had a chat with Peter and Simon Wilkes of the Brass Monkey…
GBS: Firstly, what’s happening with the Crypt?
P&S: Nothing that we know of. We shut down a year …
(Read more...)Shaping Hastings
Where should new homes be built, which open spaces should be preserved, how should architecture be conserved, where should we play, work and shop? Monday 6 February saw the launch of an informal public consultation on these questions by Hastings …
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