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Coronavirus statistical update: male deaths are much higher, as are those of over 70s

As the coronavirus works its way towards peak effect, HOT is providing a regular update of the statistics for our region and the country provided by the public health authorities and other official sources. Further information on deaths was made available by the Office of National Statistics today, indicating a significant gender difference and a greater prevalence among people of 70 or over. Text by Russell Hall and Nick Terdre, charts by Russell Hall.

Posted 23:45 Thursday, Apr 16, 2020 In: Covid-19 Tags: , , , , ,

Coronavirus statistical update: a better estimate of deaths made available by ONS

As the coronavirus works its way towards peak effect, HOT is providing a regular (no longer daily) update of the statistics for our region and the country provided by the public health authorities and other official sources. Fuller information on deaths has been made available by the Office of National Statistics, including a figure for those occurring in care homes. Text and charts by Russell Hall.

Posted 23:03 Wednesday, Apr 15, 2020 In: Covid-19 Tags: , ,

Artist’s response to Covid-19 goes viral

An appeal to promote buying art direct from the artist that began in Hastings four weeks ago has gone global. At a time when exhibitions have been cancelled and galleries closed, #artistsupportpledge is bringing income to artists who are struggling as the result of the global pandemic. Meet artist Matthew Burrows who created the hashtag which gives creatives a new way to sell their work.

Posted 21:20 In: Covid-19 Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Charles Eisenstein: a post Covid vision

HOT’s Zelly Restorick recently bumped into a friend and her little daughter when at the local farm shop for supplies – and was told about Charles Eisenstein’s insightful and thoughtful vision for a post Covid world. Eisenstein is the author of books such as Sacred Economics and The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible.

Posted 19:02 In: Covid-19 Tags:

Draw online with Rachel Glittenberg

St Leonards-based artist Rachel Glittenberg is one of several creators who have taken to running art classes online during the Covid-19 lockdown. Erica Smith caught up with Rachel to see how she has adapted from teaching painting classes at her studio to teaching an online drawing class every Monday morning.

Posted 18:01 In: Covid-19 Tags: ,

Join Vocal Explosion online for uplifting singing

Come and join Vocal Explosion & Juliet Russell for a live online singing and instrumental session for the whole of our community from the comfort of your home. All of us, from singles to families, singing with each other in the virtual room!

Posted 16:40 In: Music & Sound Tags: ,

6 Ways to Soften Anxiety

HOT’s Zelly Restorick asked Spike Warwick – local evidence-based mind body practitioner specialising in pain, stress, trauma and anxiety relief – to write a few words about self-care in these challenging times. We are – as so often in the past – being fed a hugely overwhelming diet of fear. We – and puzzlingly, also the fear-propagators – are fully aware of the depleting effects on our physical and mental health of fear, stress, anxiety and depression. Here are some words of wisdom from Spike to help us counteract this bombardment.

Posted 16:12 In: Health Matters Tags:

John D Robinson, Hastings poet, writes about his world as it is

John D Robinson has five books out already this year, but here are two of his, as yet unpublished, poems on the effects of Coronavirus. These two poems are understandably stark, but love and its continuation stays strong, writes HOT’s Chandra Masoliver.

Posted 15:37 In: Poetry Tags: , , ,
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