Hastings Town Deal Board have submitted proposals for four capital build projects to the government. They form part of an accelerated bidding process ahead of the main Town Deal programme under which up to £25m is on offer to boost regeneration in Hastings. Nick Terdre reports.
Can government intervention combine with local initiative to revive West St Leonards? Bernard McGinley reports from Seaside Road, and also took the photos.
The government has launched a consultation on its proposals for the radical reform of the planning system in England. HOT has asked for the views of a wide range of parties – MP Sally-Ann Hart and Conservative councillors, Hastings Borough Council, the local Liberal Democrat and Green parties, a local developer, Gemselect, and Hastings Urban Design Group. This is a root-and-branch reform, backed by an 84-page white paper, so before we publish their responses, here is a summary of what is proposed. Nick Terdre reports, photos by Russell Jacobs.
There is still time to pop down to Oscar’s on the Square to view Zoom Arts’ latest exhibition exploring the theme of BELOW. HOT’s Jordan Dixon writes.
HOT is delighted to be the recipient of a Google grant to support local journalism during Covid-19.
Axisweb member artists have begun their residency in an empty shop in Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, Hastings. They’ve been collaborating during lockdown with the theme of Nature as a Shared Vision. Artist Amanda Jobson writes about this new temporary space for art in Priory Meadow shopping centre.
If you’re out for a stroll along Hastings seafront, keep an eye open for a series of posters running the length of the seafront from the town centre to just beyond London Road. The posters, which were commissioned by Women’s Voice, mark the 50th anniversary of the first national Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM) Conference, which was held at Ruskin College, Oxford, in 1970. Ann Kramer, chair of Women’s Voice, explains.
Although we are always surrounded by colour, the changing tones of the sea, sky and trees the world has seemed a little bleak of late. So it is interesting to be reminded of the strength of colour – reds, oranges, blues and greens – that can lift a mood and evoke memories. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths found colour writ large in Harriet Macaree’s paintings at Hastings Arts Forum.
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