Tributes to Jeremy Birch, the former Hastings Borough Council leader who died as a result of a severe stroke last week, continue to flow in. He would, said one, be a hard act to follow. A memorial service and event are being planned and a donations page has been opened. Nick Terdre reports.
There was an article in the Hastings Observer about a place called Gizmo in St Leonards possibly closing down due to lack of funding. I didn’t know too much about it, writes Philip Oakley of Philip Oakley Illuminations, but went round to see Pat Fisher yesterday. She started ‘Gizmo’ 12 years ago.
Amber Rudd has been named Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change following her re-election for Hastings and Rye last week. Nick Terdre reports.
Gardening is the skill that brought man culture and civilisation. Our primordial ancestors had to learn it from scratch in order to lead us away from a hunting and gathering existence towards plenty and mastery of our environment. But if you weren’t able to learn it at your father’s knees, can you learn it from scratch? HOT’s Chris Cormack investigates what an ingenue might learn from a top practitioner.
Battle Choral Society’s spring concert on Saturday 16 May at Christ Church begins with two works by Wagner, the Siegfried Idyll and the Wesendonck Lieder song cycle, followed by the Mass in F minor by Bruckner, part of a cycle of the greatest choral works of all time, presented by the choir, writes HOT’s Chris Cormack.
Council leader Jeremy Birch died in the Conquest Hospital today, Wednesday, after being unconscious for several days.
This Saturday, 9 May, St Helen’s Church – the oldest church in Hastings – will be open to the public. Bronwen Griffiths tells HOT more about the church.
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