On Wednesday 11 November, Hastings Solidarity are hosting an open meeting for anyone who wants to get involved in making real change in Hastings. The idea of the evening is to explore how the people of Hastings can build networks of support and communication to provide practical help for each other.
When Eileen Masters volunteered to sort out accounting problems at Oxfam’s Kabul office in 1992, she didn’t know just what she would be letting herself in for. Her five-month stint in Afghanistan is described in graphic detail in her memoir, A Dangerous Place To Picnic. Nick Terdre met her to find out more.
The Fleet Gallery on Norman Road is always a surprise. You never know who or what you will see there: Maggi Hambling, Terry Frost, Mary Fedden, Ben Nicholson or – either their work or in person – locals like Roland Jarvis, Laetitia Yhap and Amanda Nicol. Patrick Robbins is a great supporter of local artists and so HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths went along to see his latest show of ‘6’ (mainly) resident painters.
Bexhill Fairtrade group welcome Lidl’s decision to introduce the living wage, but want the company to boost its commitment to fairly traded products. They have been in touch with both the management and those who shop there, as they report below.
Recently a Change.org campaign has been started by Laura Coryton to stop the government taxing sanitary products. Although the proposed amendment failed – Hastings and Rye MP Amber Rudd and Bexhill and Battle MP Huw Merriman both voted against it – the campaign continues and the Treasury are now taking the matter to the EU. Zelly Restorick reports.
The Transition Town Hastings and St Leonards Salon teams are very excited that leading climate change activist – and son of Hastings – Jeremy Leggett has agreed to speak at an event at the Observer Building to discuss his new book, The Winning of the Carbon War, followed by a showing of the film, This Changes Everything.
See the uplifting, multi-award winning film Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars at the Electric Palace this weekend to help further the tireless work of the 900-strong Hastings Supports Refugees group, says Annie Waite.
HOT reporter Bevali Francis interviews Freya von Bulow on her work and the paper couture creations she will be delighting the De la Warr Pavilion audience with at this year’s Front Row Fashion Show on 21 November.
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