Archive: Month: <span>July 2016</span>

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You are invited to HOT’s AGM!

The HOT AGM 2016 takes place this week (THIS WED!) – and we’d like to invite you to come along. You may be interested in saying hello to the HOT team, seeing who we are and having a chat. Or perhaps you’d like to be actively involved. Or you may like to show your support for us, ask questions or make suggestions. Whatever the reason, come along – we’d like to meet you. We’re a friendly and relaxed team, who care about producing a quality online publication for and about Hastings, St Leonards and their environs. Zelly Restorick writes on behalf of the HOT Team

Posted 08:53 Monday, Jul 11, 2016 In: Home Ground Tags: AGM, Annual General Meeting, Hastings Online Times, HOT

Pirates of the…North Sea

There’s more to pirates and piracy than the stereotypes of Captain Hook, Jack Sparrow and those 15 men on a dead man’s chest. The reality here in Hastings was often as much about commerce and politics as swashbuckling and derring-do. Toby Sargent has been reading a new novel that tells it like it was.

Posted 11:33 Saturday, Jul 9, 2016 In: Literature Tags: Hastings, Kevin Isted, pirates, privateers, The Barque of Bulleyn, The Conrad Press, Toby Sargent

Sounds and smithies at the Stade

Stade Saturdays and ROOT 1066 present Blacksmiths on the Beach at the Stade Open Space in Hastings. The British Artist Blacksmiths’ Association (BABA) visits Hastings with three days of blacksmithing demonstrations and workshops. Report from Michael Hambridge, Hastings Borough Council’s arts and cultural development officer.

Posted 10:59 Thursday, Jul 7, 2016 In: Arts News Tags: BABA, Breakdance, British Artist Blacksmiths' Association, ceilidh, Clogging, Folk Dance Remixed, House, King Size Slim, Leigh Dyer, Maypole, stade saturdays, Street, Toby Barelli

Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair comes to Hastings

The Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair is heading to Hastings next weekend after a successful 12th event in London. The fair, to be held at the Jerwood Gallery, will deliver a line-up of established and up-and-coming artists who will be flinging open the boots of new and vintage Vauxhall cars to sell their original, exclusive artworks at incredible prices. Report by Semed Ama.

Posted 10:12 In: Visual Arts Tags: Gavin Turk, John Cooper Clarke, Keith Coventry, Marcus Harvey, Martin Creed, Pam Hogg, Quentin Blake, Rachel Howard, Sir Peter Blake, The Jerwood Gallery, Tracey Emin, Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair

Languedoc seen through Kim Hall’s lens

Brexit victory in the EU referendum last month provides an unplanned backdrop for the next exhibition at Zoom Arts Warrior Square station gallery, when self-confessed Francophile Kim Hall presents photos of the landscape of the Languedoc region. Zoom previews its next exhibition.

Posted 16:55 Wednesday, Jul 6, 2016 In: Photography Tags: Brexit, Kim Hall, Languedoc, Sunprints, Zoom

Call for fossil fuel divestment

People from around East Sussex will be gathering at County Hall next Tuesday (12 July) to hand in a petition calling on East Sussex County Council to divest the East Sussex Pension Fund of its investments in fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas). Report from Fossil Free Hastings.

Posted 15:02 In: Campaigns Tags: County Hall, divestment, East Sussex Pension Fund, Fossil Free Hastings, Fossil fuel divestment

Around and About XVI

Having a coffee in Hoagies Cafe, watching the world go by, I overheard two local men talking to the waitresses about the post EU Leave Vote safety pin campaign – symbolising allegiance with people of all cultures, writes Zelly Restorick. A sign that simply says: I’m a friend not a foe.

Posted 11:48 In: Around and about Tags: Allison, anti-hate crime, racism, safety pin, safety pin campaign

Bexhill’s first affordable art fair

Murmurations Gallery opens up its summer calendar of events with Bexhill’s first affordable art fair. The idea is borrowed from the famous international art fair hosted globally in cities across the world, whereby artists submit works that falls under the umbrella of affordable art. It is a scheme that aims to make ownership of original art more accessible for everyone.

Posted 11:16 In: Visual Arts Tags: Affordable Art Fair, Joe Nguyen, Murmurations