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

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Confessions of a rookie Labour Party member

“I blame a cocktail of right wing media coverage, Ukelele Dave and a well-timed nudge by Kay Green.” HOT’s Erica Smith takes a partisan look at the local elections.

Posted 23:12 Sunday, Apr 15, 2018 In: Local Elections 2018 Tags: Alan Roberts, Andy Batsford, Andy Ives, Anne Rouse, Antonia Berelson, Brekka Larsen, Colin Fitzgerald, Dany Louise, Dominic Sabetian, Dominic Sebatien, elections, Erica Smith, Hastings, Hastings Borough Council, James Bacon, Judy Rogers, Julia Price, Kim Forward, labour, Leah Levane, Lex Coan, Margi O'Callaghan, Maya Evans, Mike Southon, Mike Turner, Nicholas Davies, Nigel Sinden, Paul Barnett, Peter Chowney, Phil Scott, Ruby Cox, St Leonards, Steve Thorpe, Sue Beaney, Tania Charman, Trevor Webb, Warren Davies

Vote, vote, vote for people’s projects in Hastings

It’s not just the forthcoming local elections which require your vote – two community initiatives based in Hastings have been shortlisted in this year’s People’s Projects competition – Dementia Drawing and the Hope Project. Judy Parkinson of Dementia Drawing puts HOT in the picture.

Posted 17:23 In: Health Matters Tags: Big Lottery Fund, Dementia Drawing, Hope Project, ITV, Janey Moffatt, Judy Parkinson, National Lottery, People's Projects, STV

Tories present full slate of 32 candidates

Hastings Conservatives “have their eyes set on seizing control of Hastings council,” they say. With a full slate of 32 candidates they are looking to improve their current tally of eight councillors, which has left them in a decided minority compared with Labour’s 23. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 14:19 Friday, Apr 13, 2018 In: Local Elections 2018 Tags: conservatives, Nick Terdre, Rob Lee, Tories

Tchaikovsky opera comes to White Rock Theatre

Opera South East is in town with two performances of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the White Rock Theatre. Chair John Rycroft sets the scene for what promises to be a memorable night out.

Posted 18:38 Thursday, Apr 12, 2018 In: Music & Sound Tags: Eugene Onegin, John Rycroft, Nick Terdre, Opera South East, White Rock Theatre

Rock Contacts on film

The Lucy Bell Gallery is showing contact sheets of famous rock musicians. The contact sheet is an unedited sequence of negatives or roll of film that provides a behind-the-scenes history of a photograph. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths went along to see them and found them fascinating.

Posted 15:05 Wednesday, Apr 11, 2018 In: Photography Tags: Andrew Catlin, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Carintha West, David Bowie, Don Humstein, Jill Furmanovsky, Jimi Hendrix, Lauris Morgan-Griffihs, Lucy Bell, Lucy Bell Gallery, Sinead O'Connor

New series of piano recitals at Opus Theatre

Opus Theatre, under the baton of Polo Piatti, presents the first two concerts in the Phoenix Piano Series this coming weekend. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 07:11 Tuesday, Apr 10, 2018 In: Music & Sound Tags: Anton Lyakovsky, British Paraorchestra, Nicholas McCarthy, Oliver Poole, one-handed pianist, Opus Theatre, Paul Wittgenstein, Phoenix Piano, Polo Piatti, Richard Dain, Sunni Li

Jack in the Green inspired art

Suzanne Kelly, originally from New York, moved to this area after being taken by its strong arts community and the wealth of inspiring land and seascapes. A member of the Zoom Arts 1066 group, she is exhibiting her brightly coloured abstracted landscapes and seascape paintings, inspired by her move to Hastings, St Leonards and the Jack in the Green Festival.

Posted 07:03 In: Arts News Tags: Jack in the Green, Suzanne Kelly, Thistly Cross Cider, Zoom Arts

Two poems by Hamlin and Robinson

Posted 13:43 Monday, Apr 9, 2018 In: Poetry Tags: Bradley Mason Hamlin, Holy&intoxicated Publications, John D Robinson, mysteryisland.net