Hastings does not lack designated Local Wildlife Sites (LWS), but such sites are vulnerable to the machinations of developers. The Clive Vale LWS in the east part of town is a case in point, as Richard Price writes – recently cleared, its fate is shortly to be decided by a planning inspector.
Sitting in a local café nursing a cup of coffee, I found myself tuning in to the conversation of two women, writes HOT’s Zelly Restorick,
Unsung Heroes of Hastings Pier, an exhibition of photographs by local photographer John Cole, is a celebration of the men and women working on Hastings Pier to restore it to its original glory. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths asked him about the project and his memories of the Pier.
Does the above make any sense to you, asks HOT’s John Knowles? Me neither: it might as was well be in Russian… Planning has a problem.
As the general election approaches, students are raising their voices in protest against government policies of high tuition fees and the commercialisation of education. Joe Jenner fills in the background.
Fat Tuesday – Hastings’ version of Mardi Gras or carnival, the days when everyone lets their hair down before putting on a hair shirt for Lent (or maybe in Hastings they don’t) – has taken a quantum leap forward this year to become one of the town’s leading festivals. As the clock ticks down to the opening event on Friday, Nick Terdre takes a look at the cornucopia of musical entertainment on offer.
The Papergirl project, where original artwork is spontaneously distributed to unsuspecting members of the public, is a brilliant innovation, writes HOT’s Zelly Restorick, which has now been brought to Hastings thanks to local resident and artist, Erin Veness.
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