In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Hare Krishna movement worldwide, the monks based in central London are this week making a pilgrimage in the form of a walk for peace from Hastings to Brighton. The walk began on bank holiday Monday in Hastings and is due to reach its destination at Brighton pier on Friday 3 June. Natasha Menon from the ISKCON temple in London explains the reasons for the pilgrimage.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about a young man called Javad and the any-day-now threat of his deportation back to Iran. To try and prevent this, a petition for the Home Office had been created by the family offering him a home and local people who know him. Signatures have been added to the petition, but more are needed – and I am writing again, to ask you to consider signing, if you haven’t as yet. With gratitude on behalf of all those connected to Javad, writes Zelly Restorick. I assure you 100% that this is a genuine situation about local people and their deep love for a young man they wish to protect and offer a safe haven.
Some of you may remember horror stories in the press a year ago, predicting that Hastings was set to fail new and tougher EU regulations on bathing water quality. Toby Sargent reports on whether the prophets of doom were proved right, or if Southern Water rose to the challenge.
Local established author Catherine Johnson has published her new book, The Curious Tale of The Lady Caraboo, a novel based on the true story of a poor cobbler’s daughter who fooled people into thinking she was a princess of the South Seas. HOT’s Zelly Restorick spoke to the author.
A group of local volunteers have become victims of their own success this week as the empty shop they were using has been successfully let to a business. Hastings Furniture Service used an empty shop in Bexhill to offer books for free to people passing by – raising awareness of the work of HFS and donations in the process.
The Transition Town team have sent round some info about what’s happening locally that you might be interested in. Check out their website for more details about their activities.
For all open-air jazz fans, there’s a free concert coming up at The Stade featuring the music of Veryan Weston (keystation) and Trevor Watts saxes). If you were at the opening of the Observer Building, you will know what to expect.
Calling all dog-owners – this Saturday 28 May it’s your chance to take Fido for a dawdle round the grounds of Pestalozzi, as the Sedlescombe-based charity explains.
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