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Magnetic monster nears Hastings

B-movie madness continues at the Electric Palace cinema later this month with The Magnetic Monster, made in 1953. John Knowles reports.

Posted 18:50 Friday, May 17, 2013 In: Film Tags: B-movie, Cult films, electric palace cimena, monsters

Winter Landscape 1952, 1952, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, medium: oil and pencil on board Copyright credit line: © Courtesy of the Barns-Graham Charitable Trust

Jerwood loose connections

HOT reporter Lauris Morgan-Griffiths thought that the latest Jerwood hang might have been overlooked in view of their recent popular exhibitions – Gillian Ayres and Knock Knock, 7 Artists in Hastings, so she went down to take a look.

Posted 17:47 Thursday, May 16, 2013 In: Visual Arts Tags: Chapman Brothers, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Jerwood Gallery, Julian Trevelyan, Lauris Morgan-Griffiths, Maggi Hambling, surrealism, Terry Frost, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

National media attention for BHLR

The headline in a recent Independent on Sunday article states : “George Osborne digs himself a hole : ‘Uneconomical’ roads to get go-ahead”. The IoS‘s journalist, Jane Merrick, goes on to report on the Department for Transport’s analysis of the Bexhill Hastings Link Road and how money should be spent on repairing existing roads, not building new ones, writes HOT’s Zelly Restorick.

Posted 13:05 Wednesday, May 15, 2013 In: Campaigns Tags: 400ppm increase, Bexhill Hastings Link Road, Campaign for Better Transport, carbon emissions, Chancellor George Osborne, climate change, greenest government ever, Gregory Barker, Jane Merrick, Minister for Climate Change, The Guardian, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, Zelly Restorick

Mesmerising

Lee Gerrard-Barlow will be talking about Mesmerism at The Kave Gallery on Saturday 18 May for The Explorers Club. The mesmerising Sarah Janes – the impresario behind The Explorers Club – interviewed him for HOT.

Posted 17:32 Tuesday, May 14, 2013 In: Performance Tags: Lee Gerrard-Barlow, Mesmer, Mesmerising, Sarah Janes, St Leonards, The Explorers Club, The Kave

Strange and twangling instruments…

On Friday 24 May, St Leonards is in for a treat when the Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments perform at St John’s Church in Pevensey Road. HOT’s Erica Smith asked the organiser Glenys Jacques what inspired her to invite them to play.

Posted 08:32 In: Music & Sound Tags: Clare Salaman, Erica Smith, Glenys Jacques, Ian McMillan Orchestra, Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments, St Johns Church St Leonards

Hot Style: Jane Runchman

Hot Style

Posted 20:15 Monday, May 13, 2013 In: HOT Style Tags: Bevali Francis, City of Culture, Fashion, Hastings fashion, HOT Style, Uk style

…they’re back!

Following on from last year’s inaugural success, Stade Saturdays return to Hastings this weekend with a quality line-up of international and local acts.

Posted 14:35 Wednesday, May 8, 2013 In: Arts News

Painting the town red

Last Thursday’s East Sussex County Council elections saw Labour tighten its grip on the town’s politics, gaining three of the eight seats up for grabs locally to take its tally in Hastings to 7. Chris Connelley casts an eye over the local election results.

Posted 11:14 In: Home Ground Tags: Amber Rudd, conservatives, East Sussex County Council, Ed Miliband, European Parliament, Godfrey Daniel, Greens, Jeremy Birch, John Hodges, Kim Forward, labour, Liberal Democrats, Michael Wincott, Tesco, ukip