Archive: Month: <span>September 2016</span>

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Free cartoon workshops for all

Hastings Cartoon Festival opened with a big cartoon BANG! last Thursday at Hastings Museum. The extensive Martin Honeysett retrospective is the first temporary exhibition in the main gallery for over 20 years, and is supported by an excellent collection of cartoons about the Battle of Hastings by Honeysett’s contemporaries from the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation in the upstairs gallery. The shows deserve a couple of hours of your time, and will guarantee to put a smile on your face on the dullest of autumnal or wintery days.

Posted 07:23 Wednesday, Sep 21, 2016 In: Arts News Tags: 1066 Country, Andy Willard, Artist, Autism Sussex, Battle Almonry, Belles Lettres, cartoon, Cartoon Festival, comic, Crippen, Dave Lupton, De La Warr Pavilion, Emily Johns, Engine Rooms, Erica Smith, Geoff Coupland, Geoffrey Coupland, Hastings, John Knowles., Jon Higham, Link Project, Loulou Cousin, Martin Honeysett, Ottilie Hainsworth, PCO, Pecha Kucha, Pete Donohue, Professional Cartoonists' Organisation, Rachael House, Robin Knowles, Wow and Flutter, Zeel, zine

The People’s Manifesto

In this his second interview with local activist, Chris Coverdale,

Posted 13:40 Tuesday, Sep 20, 2016 In: SOS Tags: 38Degrees.org.uk, Carta Populi, Malalai Joya, New Politics, People's Brexit Manifesto, People's Magna Carta, Rent and Mortgage Interest Restriction Act, Samad Behrangi

The Avenging Angel of Klezmer

Canadian accordionist, Geoff Berner comes to Hastings as part of his European tour, along with a huge back catalogue of songs, many of which have now been covered in his home country, as well as being heralded with critical acclaim from a plethora of music papers and Billy Bragg: “Cherish him, cherish him, for there really is no one like him. Fantastic.”. John Knowles writes.

Posted 13:25 In: Music & Sound Tags: Canadian, Festival Man, Geoff Berner, Jewish, Klezmer, music, Song writing

Hastings got talent

Posted 13:16 In: Performance Tags: Ant and Dec, BGT, Britain's Got Talent, George Georgiou, Hastings Stage Studio, Lacey Miles, School of Performing Arts, Simon Cowell, Tawana Matiza, Toby Sargent

Unexpected arrival: a red-footed booby

HOT’s Chandra Masoliver takes up the story of the red-footed booby that landed on St Leonard’s beach on 4 September. It was sent to the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service (WRAS) and then on to Mallydams Wood Wildlife Centre in Fairlight, where they are hoping it will survive. Chandra had the good fortune of seeing this very un-English bird because she works as a volunteer at Mallydams.

Posted 13:02 In: The HOT Planet Tags: Barbara Watson, Chandra Masoliver, East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service, Gail Cohen, Mallydams Woods, Pelican Harbour Rescue Centre, red-footed booby, Richard Thompson, RSPCA, Sula sula, Sulidae, Wildlife Rehabilitation Manager, WRAS

Choirs sing Bayeux Tapestry into life

Choirs abound in Hastings and St Leonards, filled with people who want to sing opera, gospel, jazz, rock or pop with others for the feel-good, endorphin, oxytocin releasing factor and the sheer love of singing. Now Jenny Miller, Director of Barefoot Opera has brought seven choirs together for two performances of Clash. a work specially produced for the ROOT 1066 festival. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths talks to her about the project.

Posted 14:32 Monday, Sep 19, 2016 In: Music & Sound Tags: barefoot opera, Battle of Hastings, bayeux tapestry, Clash, Halley's comet, Hastings Calling, Jane Bruce, Jenny Miller, Jill Fricker, Lauris Morgan-Griffiths, Monk Eilmer, Orlando Gough, Otti Albietz, Root 1066, Sussex Coast College, Tom Hammick

ROOT 1066: events 17-24 September

With the ROOT 1066 International Festival now in full swing, here’s your guide to what’s happening in the week from Saturday 17 to Saturday 24 September, courtesy of the council.

Posted 20:38 Thursday, Sep 15, 2016 In: Arts News

Council draws fire over planning charges

Labour-dominated Hastings Borough Council has decided to introduce charges for planning queries, though it has not set a date for introducing them. The move has prompted a raft of criticism from other political parties and groups with interests in planning issues. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 17:20 In: Home Ground Tags: Chris Lewcock, David Tutt, Freedom of Information, Hastings Borough Council, Hastings Urban Design Group, Kim Forward, Liberal Democrats, Lynne Okines, Nick Terdre, planning charges, Rother, Save Ecclesbourne Glen, Xan Brooker