Archive: Month: <span>February 2018</span>

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Still life with plastics and plant 2010/2011 © Project Art Works Eden Kotting

Project Art Works breaks through

The innovative Project Art Works is UK’s leading artist led organisation that works with people with profound intellectual impairment and complex needs. It was started 21 years ago. In Hastings. Since then it has inspired similar schemes across the country – with international links. Isn’t Hastings amazing? It is staggering what Hastings achieves with limited resources and massive enthusiasm and ambition. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths applauds Project Art Works’ hard work.

Posted 10:38 Wednesday, Feb 14, 2018 In: Community Arts Tags: Arts Council Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Black Shed Gallery, Charlotte Stephens, De La Warr Pavilion, Eden Kotting, Hastings, Jonathan Cole, Kate Adams, Lauris Morgan-Griffiths, Matt Pitts, Michele Roberts, Project Art Works, Sam Smith

Piano competition hits new heights

One of the town’s premier music events, the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, gets under way shortly, showcasing possibly the highest standard of entrant ever. Nick Terdre sets the scene. All photos by HIPPC.

Posted 13:38 Monday, Feb 12, 2018 In: Music & Sound Tags: Frank wibaut, Hans Suh, Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, HIPCC, Kenneth Broberg, Nick Terdre, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, White Rock Theatre

Local woman calls for ‘Justice for Palestinians’

At a recent meeting in Hastings, St Leonards resident, Leah Levane, provided an eyewitness account of life in the occupied Palestinian territories. Those attending heard of her experience of being part of the largest ever all Jewish delegation to visit the occupied territories. Leah was one of 130 Jewish people, mainly from the US, who visited Hebron in May of last year. One of their aims was to restore a Palestinian family to the home they were evicted from 20 years ago. John Enefer writes.

Posted 08:25 In: Campaigns Tags: Amnesty International, Centre for Jewish Non-violence, Fly Kites Not Drones, Ha'aretz, Hastings Against War, Hebron, Israel, Jewish Voice for Labour, Jewish Voice for Peace, Jews for Justice for Palestinians, John Enefer, Leah Levane, Medical Aid for Palestinians, Mondoweiss, Palestine

Challenging the menopause industry

This is the story of how an ex stand-up comic came to challenge the entire menopause industry. Local resident, Sally J Dufell, writes about how her own experience of the menopause led to solving the accompanying difficulties and writing a book, Grow Your Own HRT.

Posted 08:07 In: Health Matters Tags: Grow Your own HRT, hormones, menopause, Sally J Dufell

Conjuring music from trees

All musicians are unique in their musical production, but Nick Weekes is a man whose music attracts curiosity because of the unusual instruments he has created from tree branches and other found objects. Zelly Restorick interviews Nick – who does sterling work to keep the HOT website going when not fiddling with branches and wire racks – to find out more.

Posted 22:45 Wednesday, Feb 7, 2018 In: Music & Sound Tags: A Page of Madness, Column 258, Eskimo, Geoff Leigh, Nick Weekes, The Residents, The Warrior Squares

Some thoughts on campaigning to save our Crown Post Office

This Tuesday morning on the way to work, I heard our MP, Amber Rudd, on the Today programme talk about the Suffragettes and how important it was that women campaigned so hard to get the vote. She fought shy of agreeing that those women who had undergone prison sentences for their actions should be pardoned, but she supported the Votes for Women activists who lobbied for something that they believed was important for a fair and democratic society. Erica Smith contemplates public protest.

Posted 19:52 In: Campaigns

Grant for flood defences below the sports village

A grant of £2.25 million has been made to Hastings Borough Council and the developer of the proposed sports complex in Bulverhythe for remediation work on the adjacent housing site. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 17:56 In: Home Ground Tags: Bohemia, Combe Valley Sports Village, District Valuer Service, Hastings Borough Council, Horntye Park, Housing Infrastructure Fund, Keepmoat, Nick Terdre, Peter Chowney, Pilot Field

DWP ups sticks in favour of the town centre

The Department for Work and Pensions’ branch at Ashdown House is to move to the town centre, occupying offices in Sea Change Sussex’s Havelock Place and the University of Brighton’s Lacuna Place. The move will help Sea Change repay the loan with which it developed Havelock Place. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 15:38 In: Home Ground Tags: DWP, Growing Places Fund, havelock place, Lacuna Place, Medica, Nick Terdre, priory quarter, Queensbury House, Sainsbury, sea change, South East Local Enterprise Partnership, Tesco, university of brighton