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The Healing Weed
This Saturday afternoon, 31 May, Steve Danks is talking at The Roomz, St Leonards, about cannabis and its miraculous medicinal powers. Steve has always been a fan of the drug, but he is an all-out champion for medical use of cannabis. HOT’s Erica Smith asked him about his relationship with the mighty weed.
Country Park anger
There have been some strange developments down by the Hastings Country Park… Bernard McGinley gets his wellies on to investigate some slippery territory.
The Party’s over: making sense of the day after
HOT writer Chris Connelley stood unsuccessfully for a council seat in last week’s local elections. Here he reflects on the experience.
Colourful abstraction
Through a creaky garden gate, past a bed of herbs and vegetables; studios line one side of the garden, silent and inactive on this dreary grey Bank Holiday Monday. Then HOT reporter Lauris Morgan-Griffiths stepped out of the splodgy, cold rain into a vibrantly colourful exhibition of colourful abstraction. It couldn’t have been a more perfect time to see Ruth Wurzburger’s riot of colourful paintings, collages and assemblages.
Yoga with a twist!
Long-time yoga enthusiast Siobhan O’Hanlon has finally found the approach that suits her. Hidden away on the West Hill in the heart of Hastings is Chris Elam’s energy cottage Shakti Kutir, a place to relax, retreat, refresh, reflect and replenish.
Part of the Family
This week’s Get a Life takes a peep into a family themed project for young people, hosted by BBC 1Xtra’s hip-hop DJ and producer, Skitz. As part of Small Green Shoots projects, Hastings becomes the host town for one of eight family themed events taking place, supporting young people with family life. Jessica Parker speaks to DJ Skitz and PR to Small Green Shoots Adam Webb in preparation for the event.
Ukip gathers votes but no seats
Unlike in other parts of the country, there was no breakthrough for Ukip, the UK Independence Party, in the local elections in Hastings, where it lost its only seat to the Tories. With 16 seats up for grabs, Labour gained one from the Tories, ending up with 11 against the Tories’ five. Nick Terdre reports.
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- Virtuoso Spanish guitarist Iago Banet plays Kino-Teatr
- Jack Hayter, pedal steel guitarist and philosopher
- JJ Waller’s Jack in the Green 2025
- Bansuri flautist Deepak Ram in concert at Christ Church
- Developer unveils proposals for old bathing pool site
- Outcry at Ridge chicane
- Model railway show comes back to town
- ‘We won’t be silent as Israel starves Gaza!’
- Solar projects saves money for Bexhill retirees
- Buzz around Alexandra Park greenhouse events in May
- Union calls on MP to stand up for local schools in crisis
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- HBC tells truth to power
- Community project offers free help with water bills
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- Oli Spleen – poet and inventive musician in conversation
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- Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent headline at Jazz Hastings
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- Old Bathing Pool site consultation on Tuesday 29 April
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