Congratulations to Maisie Edwards for becoming the first recipient of the Molly Townson bursary award in memory of the late Chair of the Hastings Musical Festival. The annual bursary was set up soon after Molly’s sudden passing away in May 2019, writes Chris Cormack.
On Wednesday 10 June, Kay Early, a woman in her 30s was walking her dog in broad daylight when she was brutally attacked by a man in his twenties. If it had not been for her resilience and the intervention of three passing women, she may not have been here to tell her story. The following day she wrote a detailed post on her Facebook page giving her account of what happened and photographing the result of the vicious attack. One week later, women in Hastings followed Kay’s path through Alexandra Park to show their support for her and to reclaim this public space for women to walk in safety. HOT’s Erica Smith caught up with them to tell their story.
This Friday evening, 26 June, Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition prizewinner Garam Cho will join us for a live performance of beautiful music, writes Chris Cormack.
Taek Gi Lee was the winner of the 2014 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition and gave a highly demanding recital last Friday, writes HOT music correspondent Dr Brian Hick.
Small businesses excluded from other forms of government support have until Wednesday to lodge an application for the discretionary grant fund. Small business grants have reached 85% take-up, according to the council. Nick Terdre reports.
The app which the government was trialling on the Isle of Wight has had to be abandoned – a setback for the test and trace system which lies at the heart of the government’s strategy for containing the spread of coronavirus while progressively relaxing restrictions and getting the economy and schools functioning again. Meanwhile the alert level has been reduced. Nick Terdre reports.
Georgia Hannon, a student at Hastings Academy, has sent us her thoughts on the killing of George Floyd.
Kendal Eaton, author of A Chance for Everyone: The Parallel Non Monetary Economy, continues his examination of how the world beyond coronavirus could be made a better place. Part 2: Dreams.
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