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Liane Carroll at The Roomz, Saturday

A preview by John Knowles

Posted 14:29 Thursday, Aug 8, 2013 In: Music & Sound Tags: , , , ,

It’s good to talk

If anyone recalls the slogan from that BT advert with Bob Hoskins from the 1990s: ‘It’s good to talk’, it’s one that’s been ringing in my ears lately. I’ve been doing more talking than I probably ever have and, hand-in-hand with that, I’ve also been listening.  HOT’s Xaverine Bates reports on the recent inaugural gathering for local social enterprises and other social economy organisations.

A St Leonards lass in rural Nepal

A few months ago, you might have seen local girl Sidney Ewing selling her possessions outside Love Cafe, or organising a ‘Curry-oke’ night at The Roomz. It was all in aid of raising enough money to fly to Nepal on a Restless Development project.

Ore Green goes to local Community Trust

Hastings Borough Council have offered Ore Community Land Trust a 25-year lease on Ore Green, next to the Salvation Army Hall, boosting their campaign to protect Speckled Wood, writes Tony Polain, the trust’s vice chair.

Fishing for Buoys

HOT’s Cathy Simpson, artist, illustrator, cartoonist, writer, St Leonardite, she of the long flowing locks and frocks is having an exhibition, Fishing for Buoys at The Gill Gallery on Kings Road in St Leonards, writes HOT’s Zelly Restorick.

Space is the Place

This Sunday, 11 August, there will be an extraordinary perseid meteor shower – and the best place to watch it from is the ’60s-space-age-retro-glamour of Herstmonceux Observatory. HOT’s Erica Smith closes one eye and gets ready to squint through the telescope at the final frontier…

Hastings Whelk Eating Champtionship

Hastings Whelk Eating Championship

The Hastings Old Town Week Carnival continues  until Sunday 11 August. So far there have been various events from music on the Stade, town walks, open gardens and studios and the Sea Boot Race but the event that attracted HOT’s intrepid reporter, Lauris Morgan-Griffiths, was the rather nauseating-sounding  Great Whelk Eating Competition.

The Gilded Hand

Raising the ‘Gilded Hand’ on the Stade on 17 August,  the first ever Gilded Hand Buskers Fair is released, a day-long celebration of the busker and the troubadour.  The Gilded Hand is an ancient sign of freedom of speech and gave performers the right to perform in medieval squares without fear of arrest. So whilst the hand is raised, come and join us in the Stade to hear a variety of performers on several pitches, writes John Knowles.

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