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Comedy at Kino-Teatr

Having re-opened the old St Leonards Curzon as a cinema, theatre, restaurant and music venue, Kino-Teatr is now turning its hand to comedy. And quizzes! Simon Charterton shares the joke…

Posted 17:30 Monday, Feb 15, 2016 In: Performance Tags: , , , ,

Eichmann in St Leonards

Hannah Arendt famously described ‘the banality of evil’ in her book ‘Eichmann in Jerusalem’ and many of us are familiar with the expression ‘I was only acting under orders’. Here we can judge for ourselves. The White Crow – Eichmann in

Posted 16:54 Sunday, Feb 14, 2016 In: Performance Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Last week I went to the Greek island of Lesvos. I went because a friend of mine had been at the end of last year and related her experience of working as a volunteer. I was not sure what to expect and on the small aeroplane from Athens to the island I became nervous. HOT’s Bev Francis writes.

Posted 14:59 Saturday, Feb 13, 2016 In: The HOT Planet Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Labour adds its voice to campaign to save Hastings’ university campus from closure

Hastings and Rye Labour Party has added its weight to the campaign to save the University of Brighton’s Hastings’ campus. A review launched by the university into the future of the campus has raised fears that the campus may be closed. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 21:45 Friday, Feb 12, 2016 In: Campaigns Tags: , , , , , , ,
Congregation © Malcolm Glover

Invoking generations of prayer

It is a tradition in St Leonards that a chair outside a shop signifies that it is open. At Lucy Bell Gallery, two chairs and a table are outside the gallery, but the windows are shrouded and it looks like there is nobody home. Gingerly, entering the darkened, candle lit room, HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths went along to see what was happening.

Posted 16:55 In: Photography Tags: , , , , , ,

Source Park: worth the risk

Hastings entrepreneurs Rich and Marc Moore are pulling out all the stops to ensure that the beachside skatepark complex, known as Source Park, is open for a spectacle this Saturday 13 February 2016, writes Chris Cormack.  All this for a few thrills and spills you may say, but no, this is the training base for the new 21st century heroes. Yes, there will be bumps and scrapes, a ‘health and safety nightmare’, but well done Hastings Borough Council for identifying that this is what is needed nevertheless as an outlet for adventure. 

Posted 08:57 In: Sport Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
North Bexhill Access Road (Road would run from right to left in thesis picture)

Show your love for the countryside and say NO to the North Bexhill Access Road

Local campaigners will gather on Valentine’s Day (Sunday 14 February) to say no to the proposed North Bexhill Access Road (NBAR). They will walk some of the route of the road, which runs for 2.4 kilometres, parallel to Ninfield Road, and stop for a photocall amongst trees threatened by the proposed road.

Posted 12:46 Tuesday, Feb 9, 2016 In: Campaigns Tags: , , , , , ,

Chestnut Tree volunteer tells it like it is

Varied and extensive roles for volunteers in the East Sussex area are available with the Chestnut Tree children’s hospice, which recently launched a recruiting campaign entitled Volunteer for the New Year. The charity provides a taster of the volunteer life through the eyes of Alex Charles-Weston. 

Posted 10:37 In: Campaigns Tags: , , , , ,
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