Interested in Hastings and St Leonards becoming a Fairtrade Town? Want to find out more about Fairtrade and what it means and who’s involved locally? Then make a note in your diary to attend an informal gathering at Azur on St Leonards’ seafront at 7.30pm on 13 November, writes HOT’s Zelly Restorick, where there’ll be speakers, stalls, networking and light refreshments – all Fairtrade, of course.
The writer Ray Bradbury observed: ‘Ours is a culture and a time as immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures’.
When Congolese band Kasai Masai performed on the Stade as part of the AfriKàBa festival, Jennifer Kennedy was there watching and listening.
Local film-maker Janey Moffatt is shortly off to Afghanistan to document the difficulties faced by women there in giving birth. She will be aided by peace activist Maya Evans, who already has two trips to the war-torn country under her belt. They briefed Nick Terdre on their trip.
On Friday, I attended a talk given by American peace activist, pacifist and co-ordinator with Voices for Creative Non Violence, Brian Terrell, at The Roomz in St Leonards-on-Sea, writes HOT’s Zelly Restorick. He spoke about the increasing use of drones by the American and British military forces and the repercussions and consequences of their deployment.
Everyone can draw. Really, everyone. And that’s according to the much-loved illustrator Quentin Blake, who’s been saying this since he launched The Big Draw over thirteen years ago, writes HOT reporter John Cole.
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