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Kinship with a Killer Whale: Matriarchs and Menopause sells out

HOT’s Zelly Restorick likes anything where a human is demonstrating the common ground we share with the natural world. Anything beyond the homocentric world we seem to inhabit.

Posted 08:34 Tuesday, Mar 3, 2020 In: Nature Tags: De La Warr Pavilion, Killer Whales, Lucy Cooke, Matriarchs, menopause

New Annual Awards event at Conquest Hospital Radio

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone involved. Apologies on behalf of HOT for posting this later than intended – but really want to honour the people who’ve volunteered their time and energy providing a very necessary service for people in hospital who want a personal and local connection – to stay in touch with the outside world.

Posted 10:23 Monday, Mar 2, 2020 In: Music & Sound Tags: Conquest Hospital Radio, Maxine Wright-Moore

International Women’s Day in Hastings!

Women’s Voice invites women to join them in celebrating International Women’s Day on Sunday 8 March from 1pm – 3pm at Central Hall, Bank Buildings (between 1066 Bakery and The Body Shop) in the town centre. The theme is women and the environment and guest speaker will be Councillor Maya Evans, cabinet member for climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development. Ann Kramer, chair of Women’s Voice, writes about the upcoming event, and future plans for Women’s Voice.

Posted 09:00 In: Campaigns Tags: ann kramer, Hastings Women's Voice

Celebrate International Women’s Day with a festival of short films made by local women

Hastings Women of Film and TV – Making Moving Images is Hastings first ever short film festival showcasing ten local female filmmakers. The screening is on International Women’s Day – Sunday 8 March – at the Kino-Teatr. Erica Smith rifles through the programme.

Greens and HBC’s climate champion differ over climate emergency record

A year after Hastings Borough Council unanimously passed a motion declaring a climate emergency and committing itself to taking action to make the borough carbon-neutral by 2030, what has happened? Not enough, says a disappointed Hastings Green Party. Quite a lot, even if not in public view, says the council’s climate champion, Cllr Maya Evans. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 14:28 Sunday, Mar 1, 2020 In: The HOT Planet

Kim steps forward to become Labour’s first female council leader in Hastings

Hastings is about to get its first Labour female council leader following the party’s choice of Cllr Kim Forward to replace Peter Chowney. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 21:50 Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020 In: Politics

Leading piano and vibraphone duo on the Jazz Hastings stage

Lewis Wright and Kit Downes, one of the most virtuosic and original duos in modern British jazz, combining vibraphone and piano, will be performing at Jazz Hastings’ monthly session on 3 March. Julian Norridge provides the introductions.

Posted 15:32 In: Music & Sound Tags: Jazz Hastings, Julian Norridge, Kit Downes, Lewis Wright

Lack of plan no impediment to enjoying Saturday Unplugged

Darren Johnson couldn’t get any friends to come with him to savour the delights of Saturday Unplugged, when a myriad of lesser known bands play short acoustic sets in numerous pubs across the Old Town and now St Leonards. But that didn’t daunt him, and of course he had a brilliant time, as logged below. Darren also took the photos.

Posted 18:44 Tuesday, Feb 25, 2020 In: Music & Sound Tags: Buddha Triangle, Creature Creature, Darren Johnson, Doghouse Outhouse, Earl Grey, fat tuesday, Lost Revellers, Milton Hide, Saturday Unplugged, Sister Suzie