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Lindisfarne come to Hastings

Songs from Lindisfarne’s repertoire still echo for many of us. ‘The Fog on the Tyne’. ‘Run For Home’. ‘Meet Me On The Corner’. Classics from a bygone era that still resonate today. The auditorium at St Mary in the Castle is already sold-out, but you can still buy balcony seats and watch and listen to these excellent musicians who emerged from Tyneside in the 1970s and are clearly still going strong with a lot of fans keen to see them on their latest tour. Guaranteed you’ll be toe tapping, humming or singing along with gusto!

Posted 15:01 Thursday, Mar 1, 2018 In: Music & Sound Tags: Alan Hull, Charlie Harcourt, Dave Hull-Denholm, Fog On The Tyne, Ian Thompson, Lindisfarne, Meet Me At The Corner, Music's Not Dead, Paul Thompson, Rod Clements, Run For Home, st mary in the castle, Steve Daggett

Standards soar as piano semi-finalists chosen

As 11 contestants in the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition advance to the semi-finals, HOT correspondent Heidi de Winter finds it hard to believe the high standards displayed by the young pianists.Photos by Bob Mazzer.

Posted 16:54 Wednesday, Feb 28, 2018 In: Music & Sound Tags: Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, Heidi de Winter, Hyejin Cho, Joon Toon, Priscila Navarro, Quang Hong Luu, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Refill: re-use plastic bottles

Make single use plastic water bottles a thing of the past with Refill. Refill is a national, practical tap water campaign that aims to make refilling your bottle as easy, convenient and cheap as possible by introducing refill points on every street. Transition Town Hastings is supporting this initiative.

Posted 16:16 In: Energy Wise Tags: City to Sea, plastic bottles, Refill, ReFILL App, Transition Town Hastings

Cabaret Mechanical Theatre on the pier

For the first time, internationally famous Cabaret Mechanical Theatre is bringing a fascinating and extraordinary exhibition of automata to Hastings pier, including enchanting mechanical moving toys and other beautifully engineered inventions from their collection. Zelly Restorick asks owner, operator, curator and Bexhill resident, Sarah Alexander, about the exhibition.

Posted 15:50 In: Arts News Tags: automata, Automata on the Pier, Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, Carlos Zapata, Craftivists, Culture Shift, John Lumbus, Kazu Harada, Keith Newstead, Matt Smith, Paul Spooner, Peter Markey, Pierre Mayer, Ron Fuller, Sarah Alexander, Sue Jackson, Tim Hunkin

Stand up for Palestine benefit gig

Hastings Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Unite the Union have organised a stand up comedy benefit gig with all proceeds going to Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP) and Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD).

Posted 09:13 In: Campaigns Tags: Ahed Tamimi, Ann Field, Bassem Tamimi, Children in Military Custody, Convention of Rights of the Child, Daphna Baram, DCIP, Defense for Children International Palestine, Gill Knight, Hastings Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Hayley Savage, ICAHD, Israeli Campaign Against House Demolitions, Nabi Saleh, Oslo Accord, Palestine, Tim Barton, Unite the Union

The future of libraries in East Sussex

Did you fill in the recent library consultation document? Interested in ESCC’s response to the consultation results? ESCC have sent HOT details of their meeting and the issues to be considered.

Posted 08:15 In: Home Ground Tags: cuts, East Sussex County Council Cabinet, East Sussex Libraries, funding cuts, Libraries Strategic Commissioning Strategy, library, library closures, Nick Skelton, Teachers Library Membership, The Schools Library and Museum Service

Hastings Harbour proposal: Anne Scott and Peter Chowney offer differing views

Anne Scott, Chair of Old Hastings Preservation Society, gives HOT’s Chandra Masoliver her views on the Hastings Harbour proposal, raising important questions about local democracy and the relationship between the local council, the county council, the developers and ourselves, the electorate. Following this, Chandra continues her ongoing dialogue with Peter Chowney, leader of the council, about the harbour development.

Hastings celebrates the Year of the Dog

Local people gathered in Priory Meadow Shopping Centre on Sunday 25 February to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Dog.

Posted 19:03 Tuesday, Feb 27, 2018 In: Home Ground Tags: Cllr Judy Rogers, Cllr Nigel Sinden, Cllr Peter Chowney, Felix Bimezgane, Ke Xia XU, The Hastings Chinese Association, The Year of the Dog