It’s not just boy meets girl or girl meets girl or boy meets boy, but that’s part of it. Romantic novels are ‘romantic’ in a wider sense. We’re just past Valentine’s Day and this month sees the shortlists for the awards for romantic fiction. It is the best-selling type of fiction and there are nine categories rewarding different areas of the genre. Angela J. Phillip reports.
Joe Gideon at The Piper, St Leonards, Saturday 15 February 2020 – review by Darren Johnson.
On Saturday 22 February, from 12 -2pm, a discussion is being held over the possibility of creating a local food work in Hastings. It takes place at All Saints Hall, All Saints St and immediately follows on from the Hastings Green Party AGM, but is open to all of any political persuasion and none. All local food and growing groups are invited to share their knowledge and expertise. Vanessa Alves reports on food redistribution in Hastings.
SONICS brings some major names in electronic and experimental music to Hastings Fat Tuesday this year, with artists Plaid, Leila and DJ Food headlining the weekend event that also includes much local talent, workshops and talks. Nick Weekes gives us a guided tour.
Now in its eleventh year, Hastings’ annual Mardi Gras celebration, Fat Tuesday, where scores of acts converge on dozens of venues to entertain thousands of punters for five days of music and general madness, launches on Friday 21 February this year. Darren Johnson surveys the rich offer of music and entertainment which lies in store. Images supplied by Fat Tuesday PR team.
The crew of the Hastings lifeboat which launched in Sunday’s storm in search of a surfer were acclaimed for their bravery ahead of the meeting of the full council on Wednesday, as HBC Communications report. Photos by Kevin Boorman.
Plans to install solar panels on Christ Church in Ore, while fully in line with Hastings Borough Council’s policy of boosting renewable energy, have run into objections from the council’s planners. Energise Sussex Coast, one of the project partners, is calling on town residents to post a supportive comment. Nick Terdre reports.
If jazz and laughter create your desired atmosphere on Valentine’s Day, an evening with Mike Hatchard and Herbie Flowers at St Mary in the Castle could be just the place for you, as venue manager Sean Berkeley explains.
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