A journey home at Hastings museum

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Exiles’ proud journey home

Sometimes an outsider’s eye is needed to point up things that we see every day and take somewhat for granted. Hastings and St Leonards, as we know, has always seen an influx of people making their way from elsewhere to the south coast and embedding themselves in the community. But it is not only British people. Lauris Morgan-Griffiths spoke to photographer Tom Hunter about his taxi driver project A Journey Home which opens on 9 February at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.

Posted 17:48 Wednesday, Feb 6, 2019 In: Photography Tags: Hastings, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Lauris Morgan-Griffiths, Lucy Bell Gallery, St Leonards, Tom Hunter, Turner

HOT Style: Meet Rae

Spotted on Hastings Pier.

Posted 11:33 Monday, Sep 3, 2018 In: HOT Style Tags: Bev Francis, bohemian style, claudine Eccleston, Hastings, Hastings Pier, rae, St Leonards, street style

JJ Waller talks about Through The Lens Festival

After 11 years of being associated with St Leonards and Hastings, photographer JJ Waller is proud to finally be a part of the Coastal Currents festival this September. Erica Smith interviews him about his appearance at the inaugural Through The Lens Festival of Photography from 31 August to 8 September at St Mary in the Castle.

Posted 21:50 Friday, Aug 24, 2018 In: Photography Tags: Antony Penrose, festival, Hastings, JJ Waller, Lee Miller, Mark Power, Martin Parr, Peter Dench, Photography, St Leonards, Through The Lens

HOT Style: Meet Katherine

Spotted chomping on a tofu burger at the opening of Goat Ledge a fish hut, Ice Cream café and Beach bar, St Leonards on Sea

Posted 08:39 Monday, Jul 23, 2018 In: HOT Style Tags: Best british street style. Hastings., Claudine, fifties, iClaudine, St Leonards, vintage style, vogue

The monthly street market in King's Road, a hot spot for new businesses. What do you think of it all?

Come along and talk to us about your town

St Leonards-based social enterprise Coastal Action is currently researching a major project on social change and gentrification in the town and is looking for help from local people happy to talk about their experience of what is happening where they are, as Chris Connelly explains.

Posted 19:28 Wednesday, May 23, 2018 In: Grassroots Tags: Chris Connelly, Coastal Action, focus groups, gentrification, James Prentice, St Leonards

HOT Style: Meet Vicki

Spotted at the Sunday Flea Market in the Palace, White Rock, Hastings.

Posted 18:14 In: HOT Style Tags: best U.K. street style, Bevali Francis, claudine Eccleston, clothes, Fashion, Hastings, St Leonards, street style

Hollington: Maya Evans and Paul Barnett point out the holes in the corroding Tory infrastructure

Confessions of a rookie Labour Party member

“I blame a cocktail of right wing media coverage, Ukelele Dave and a well-timed nudge by Kay Green.” HOT’s Erica Smith takes a partisan look at the local elections.

Posted 23:12 Sunday, Apr 15, 2018 In: Local Elections 2018 Tags: Alan Roberts, Andy Batsford, Andy Ives, Anne Rouse, Antonia Berelson, Brekka Larsen, Colin Fitzgerald, Dany Louise, Dominic Sabetian, Dominic Sebatien, elections, Erica Smith, Hastings, Hastings Borough Council, James Bacon, Judy Rogers, Julia Price, Kim Forward, labour, Leah Levane, Lex Coan, Margi O'Callaghan, Maya Evans, Mike Southon, Mike Turner, Nicholas Davies, Nigel Sinden, Paul Barnett, Peter Chowney, Phil Scott, Ruby Cox, St Leonards, Steve Thorpe, Sue Beaney, Tania Charman, Trevor Webb, Warren Davies

What the Dickens is going on in St Leonards?

With St Leonards #ATownExploresABook18 festival opening on Good Friday, many of the twenty five local businesses involved are putting the final touches to their projects. HOT’s Erica Smith caught up with a few of the impressive explorations of Dickens’ Great Expectations taking place.

Posted 18:02 Wednesday, Mar 21, 2018 In: Public Arts Tags: A town explores a book, Charles Dickens, ExploreTheArch, Gail Borrow, Great Expectations, St Leonards, st. leonards on sea