Despite overwhelming public opposition from the residents of Ore, Hastings Borough Council planning department has recently approved Tesco’s application to take over the Oddfellows public house, writes HOT’s Zelly Restorick.
We had another musical evening last night, courtesy of the Hastings Philharmonic Choir, in the magnificent Oxford Movement building of Christ Church, Saint Leonards. If there’s classical music going, I believe in seizing the opportunity, and although choral music isn’t my favourite, you can’t go far wrong with Bach, writes Antony Mair.
A proposal to rebrand street drinkers in Hastings and St Leonards as pirates is just one of the ideas being put forward as part of the town’s bid to become the UK’s City of Culture for 2017 writes HOT’s John Diamond-White.
Press photographer, Adrian Arbib concluded his exhibition, “Solsbury Hill, Chronicle of a Road Protest” at Hastings Arts Forum last Tuesday with an illustrated talk. HOT’s Nick Weekes was in attendance