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Hastings Burgh is missing link, says Austin
Martin White’s identification of the Old Hastings Burgh or fort at Upper Wilting provides an important missing link establishing the location of Hastings at Bulverhythe at the time of the Norman invasion, says Nick Austin, who has called on local MP Amber Rudd to help save the site from being bulldozed before a proper investigation can take place. Nick Terdre reports.
Bulldozing history?
According to Crowhurstian Martin White, a valuable historical site is about to be bulldozed in the next few days as part of the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road development, reports HOT’s
Byzantium
We went down to the Odeon on Friday night. I must have had the seat with the stickiest patch of carpet in the entire cinema – at the end of the film my feet were superglued to the floor… another Battleaxe Blog.
Best garden centres and nurseries near Hastings
Hastings Online Times is pleased to welcome another occasional blog – Stephanie Gaunt, aka Battleaxe, visits many garden centres and nurseries at this time of year – we have some very nice local places – these are some of her favourites.
Hastings choir sings of ‘looters and bandits’
Hastings Philharmonic Choir has an unusual treat in its next concert, ‘American Journey’, on Saturday 22 June. It goes back to the musical roots of its great new musical director, Márcio Da Silva, with a varied Brazilian and North American song book. Márcio, who grew up in Brazil and later lived in Phoenix, Arizona, and sang with the famous Phoenix Boys Choir, has chosen some crackers from samba to spirituals. Among the songs is one about the notorious bandit Lampião, writes Chris Cormack.
Frozen out at Fairlight Hall
The thing about summer in the UK is that we’ve all got this idealised picture of balmy afternoons and evenings, strawberries and cream, cricket matches in the heat etc. – whereas the truth is very different. People moan about climate change but I have distinct recollections of watching opera in country house venues years ago with the rain lashing down on the marquee – even one occasion at Glyndebourne when everyone was picnicking on the covered walkways like stranded refugees in dinner jackets, writes Antony Mair.
Befriending death – Grace Lau’s coffin portraits
Sean O’Shea reflects on Grace Lau’s coffin portraits which were included amongst a selection of works featured in the mixed media exhibition Telling Stories held at Hastings Museum back in Sept 2012.
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