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Everyone can draw!

That’s EVERYONE! If you have any doubts, come to Hastings Arts Forum on Saturday or Sunday, October 21 or 22, from 10am to 4pm and give it

L’Incoronazione di Poppea

ONE NIGHT ONLY! L’Incoronazione di Poppea: Barefoot Opera’s new, multi-layered, one-off production, bringing to life Monteverdi’s classic tale of lust, power and tyranny. Janet Hodgson writes.

The long road to Serbia

John Knowles talks about his most recent play Hitleria Pizzeria Parts I&II and plans for Eastern Europe.

There is a myth that Hastings lives in

Members of the public present the current list of signatures for the Divest East Sussex petition to County Council chairman Michael Ensor, County Hall, 17 October

Managed decline of oil industry

At a full Council meeting at County Hall in Lewes, campaigners handed-in over 2,800 signatures calling for East Sussex County Council to divest local people’s

Five of ‘The Seaford Six’ caught on camera Photo © Cliff van Coeverden

Decision imminent on St Leonards Crown Post Office: Public Meeting this Saturday, 21 October

The campaign to Save St Leonards’ Crown Post Office is one-year old next month. The final decision on its future is imminent. A Public Meeting has been arranged by campaigners for this coming Saturday, 21 October, to bring residents up-to-date with developments and to seek views on the next steps. Rosie Brocklehurst writes. Continue reading…

Hastings welcomes teachers from Twin Town

Seven teachers from Hastings Sierra Leone, who arrived in the town on Hastings Day (14 October), will be spending a week working alongside teachers

Hastings Empty homes scheme

Have you – or someone you know – got an empty home that could be brought back into use? Hastings Borough Council is looking to reduce

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HBC’s ‘Grotbusters’ scheme

The council launched its ‘Grotbusters’ initiative in 2000 as a response to the town’s high number of run down and derelict buildings. It uses a piece of

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Transition Town Hastings news

Transition Town Hastings has sent us some updates about what’s happening locally to develop sustainability and a sense of community in Hastings and St Leonards. Bulk

Nadene Ghouri Image: Andrew Lownie Literay Agency

Nadene Ghouri to headline at second Hastings Debate

Hastings Supports Refugees will be hosting their second in a series of Hastings Debates taking place at The Palace on Hastings seafront.

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Paul Joy in the East Hastings Sea Angling Association. Photo:Chandra Masoliver

Hastings Harbour Proposal: a fisherman’s views

HOT’s Chandra Masoliver interviews Paul Joy, fisherman, chairman of Hastings Fishermen’s Protection Society (HFPS) and co-chairman of the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association (NUTFA)

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Zoom Arts Hands On workshop Photo Robert Maxted

Hands On: collect your artwork!

Zoom Arts are running a 2 day event, showing the work produced at a workshop for children they ran in the summer. Go along and

Old pier remembered

The site of the now almost-forgotten St Leonards Pier has been highlighted by a display board telling its story in words and pictures. Local historian, Steve Peak

Hastings in World War I

A free exhibition on local stories of the First World War is underway at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery. Cllr Kim Forward, lead councillor for

Everyone can draw!

L’Incoronazione di Poppea

The long road to Serbia

Managed decline of oil industry

Decision imminent on St Leonards Crown Post Office: Public Meeting this Saturday, 21 October

Hastings welcomes teachers from Twin Town

Hastings Empty homes scheme

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HBC’s ‘Grotbusters’ scheme

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Transition Town Hastings news

Nadene Ghouri to headline at second Hastings Debate

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Hastings Harbour Proposal: a fisherman’s views

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Hands On: collect your artwork!

Old pier remembered

Hastings in World War I

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