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Want some help with your bicycle repairs? Interested in building a bike from scratch? Need some paint? Like the idea of Freecycle, but don’t have a computer? Then pay a visit to Labyrinth, an exciting new initiative recently opened up at the seafront. HOT’s Zelly Restorick spoke to Patrick Nicholson about the new venture, a store, work and activity space for community groups, run by volunteers with a focus on the environment, cycling and the arts.

Posted 10:50 Wednesday, Aug 8, 2012 In: Green Times Tags: , , , ,
Young people at the Labyrinth workshop for the Cycle Babble project © Martin Everett

Cycle Babble

Youngsters are being given the chance to tell their own stories about cycling for an Arts Council England-supported performance in Hastings. Co-organiser, Cathryn Kemp, bubbled with enthusiasm when she told Hastings Online Times all about the project.

Posted 09:45 In: Community Arts
Windchimes © Cathy Simpson

Hastings Online Times is very blessed to have Cathy Simpson on the team. As well as contributing articles, she provides delightful illustrations, like the fabulous pirate day drawings to complement Kate Tym’s poem, and the stressed A-level student for Sean O’Shea’s column. She currently has an exhibition at The Weekend Gallery in Hastings Old Town. Erica Smith went along to see a whole new side of HOT’s talented ‘toonster.

Is transport no longer an issue for young people in Hastings?

Last weekend as the Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) for Hastings, Bexhill and Upper Rother, HOT’s

Posted 23:10 Wednesday, Aug 1, 2012 In: Campaigns Tags: , , , , ,
Delete the word 'enemy'!

Friend or foe?

Earlier this week, a St Leonards resident told HOT journalist, Zelly Restorick,  about a TV documentary on the subject of Romanians coming over to London to pick the pockets of unsuspecting visitors to the Olympics. “The TV had told them and they were telling me”.

Burton St Leonards

Burtons’ St Leonards celebrates

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Posted 10:57 In: 1067 & All That
Ukelele Dave aka David Francis

Roomz for the Community

The Roomz in Western Road, St Leonards, has had several incarnations since it opened in 2004, and August sees a new look, a new schedule, and a new manager. HOT’s Erica Smith went to explore…

Posted 10:57 In: Music & Sound
Sarah Macbeth "Untitled I"

One Cafe has a reputation for hosting exhibitions that examine and celebrate the streets of St Leonards through photography. This month, the artwork is the vision of two graphic designers. Sarah Macbeth and HOT’s Erica Smith co-host a show that documents St Leonards life and cafe society.

Posted 10:36 In: Visual Arts
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