An experimental, collaborative, creative, affordable mixed-use building: Rock House in the centre of Hastings offers both residential and working space, aiming to “disrupt the usual gentrification story by making it possible for people who ‘scrape a living’ – but contribute so much to the area – to continue living and working here”. Karen Simnett writes.
Local resident and independent media advocate, June Knight, wrote to HOT asking if we could publicise Real Media’s crash course in Citizen Journalism. Each of us writing for HOT is a ‘citizen journalist’, giving of our time for free and 100% committed to the idea of independent media, meaning that we are nobody’s puppet-scribes. HOT’s Zelly Restorick asks June why she feels this is important in today’s world.
The Black Huts Festival of writing, music and film presented by Etruscan Books is back for the fifth year running, hosting a wide spectrum of events at The Beacon and the Electric Palace cinema. Nicholas Johnson writes.
Puppet chef extraordinaire, Danny Fishbone, part of the Idolrich Theatre Company, gave a delicious performance last weekend – and is preparing himself, as all good chefs do, for another tantalising demonstration of his and his audience’s favourite dishes at the Stade on Sunday. Zelly Restorick asks artistic director Julia McLean about Danny’s forthcoming appearance.
Two blacksmiths are planning to forge a new future for an historic greenhouse as a community project. Tobias Cobrin and Ben Crosthwaite will restore and repair the cast iron frame of the structure at Alexandra Park, Hastings, but they need your vote to help do this. Lynda Foy of the Alexandra Park Greenhouse Group writes.
Campaigners from Hastings and East Sussex joined fellow activists from across the UK in Herefordshire last weekend for the first UK-wide gathering of fossil fuel divestment groups. Nick Terdre reports.
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