Archive: Month: <span>May 2019</span>

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Are you on Universal Credit? Your experience is wanted

Introduced by the government in recent years, Universal Credit is already a reality for many working-age claimants in Hastings and will become so for many more in the future. Sophie Negus, a PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University, is investigating how this new form of benefit is impacting the lives of those who receive it. She has decided to carry out her research in Hastings, her home town, where she wishes to speak to recipients of the benefit, as she explains.

Posted 10:07 Friday, May 10, 2019 In: Grassroots Tags: Sophie Negus, Universal Credit

New production by Fairlight Players of Humble Boy

Fairlight Players begin a three-day run of Charlotte Jones’ award-winning play Humble Boy on Thursday 9th at Fairlight Village Hall. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 18:49 Wednesday, May 8, 2019 In: Performance Tags: Carol Ardley, Charlotte Jones, Fairlight Players, Humble Boy, Nick Terdre, Tom Miller

Two-year project aims to bring Country Park heritage to light

The heritage hidden in Hastings Country Park is to be brought to light in a joint project between Hastings Borough Council and environmental charity Groundwork South, supported by funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 18:46 In: Home Ground Tags: Country Park, Ecclesbourne Glen, Groundwork South, Hastings Borough Council, Heritage, Heritage Lottery Fund, Hidden Hastings, Interreg, John Logie Baird, Marianne North, Peter Chowney, RADAR, RAF Fairlight, SIA Design and Build, visitor centre

Adult fairies at the Bookkeeper

Local author Glyn Carter launches his first collection of short stories on Friday 10 May. Erica Smith wandered down the garden path to find out more.

Posted 17:04 In: Literature

Age Gap Tax protest: noon on Thursday 9 May outside Amber Rudd’s constituency office

From 15 May 2019, couples where one person is over State Pension age while the other is under that age won’t be able to claim Pension Credit or pension-age Housing Benefit. Instead, both people will need to reach State Pension age before they can claim Pension Credit or Housing Benefit. David Hannam from the 38 Degrees pressure group explains why this is such an important issue.

Posted 13:18 In: Campaigns Tags: 38 Degrees, Age Gap Tax, Amber Rudd MP, protest

Welsh composer wins Hastings Philharmonic challenge

The Challenge of Change Part 3, St Mary in the Castle, 3 May 2019: Hastings Philharmonic’s The Challenge of Change season came to an exciting climax on Friday with the largest professional orchestra the town has seen in many years and the final of the Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Composition Competition, which was won by Welsh composer Luciano Williamson. HOT’s music correspondent Brian Hick reports. Photos by Peter Mould.

Posted 20:16 Tuesday, May 7, 2019 In: Music & Sound

#YouToo by Candy Denman – it’s sex and crime set in Hastings, out now!

Candy Denman, novelist and tv screenwriter, talks to Angela J. Phillip about Dr Jocasta (Jo) Hughes who drops into Porters Wine Bar and The Stag Inn as she unravels the case of the man with ‘a penchant for erotic auto-asphyxiation’.

Posted 09:00 In: Hastings Bookchat Tags: #YouToo, A Vasudevan, All My Colors, Angela J. Phillip, Candy Denman, Carol Ann Duffy, David Quantick, FILO, Glyn Carter, land of green ginger, poet laureate, Porters wine bar hastings, The Bookkeeper Kings Road, the stag inn

Hastings Bank Holiday Monday through the eyes of JJ Waller

HOT’s Erica Smith goes all green-eyed over JJ Waller’s photographs.

Posted 23:14 Monday, May 6, 2019 In: One Long Party Tags: 2019, Bikers, green man, Hastings Old Town, Jack in the Green, JJ Waller, morris dancers