On Saturday, 9 October, Hastings Rental Health held their first public event in Hastings town centre to show the widespread concern over rising rents and the lack of affordable homes in the area. HOT’s Erica Smith reeled when she heard that last year the average house in Hastings ‘earned’ two and a half times the wage of the average local worker.
HOT has been here reporting about Hastings for over a decade now. We have a wide readership – online, through social media re-posts and via our twice a week MailChimp mailouts. What we are not good at is asking for anything in return… so Erica Smith is asking you if you can help HOT by doing one of the following things:
The White Rock Theatre has now re-opened with an impressive range of live entertainment for the people of Hastings, St Leonards and beyond. You can find details of all their shows and make bookings on their website. There’s also a brand new online brochure covering shows from now until December. HOT’s Paul Way-Rider takes a look at some of the acts coming up soon.
Sue Wood, aka Fat Sue – the owner of the corner shop on Bulverhythe Road that carries her name passed away suddenly on Tuesday. Photographer JJ Waller shares his tribute to her.
At 9am on Wednesday 6 October, bailiffs and police came to evict two couples living on ‘the old Stamco site’ off Bexhill Road. The land is now owned by Aldi but has been lying derelict for years. Erica Smith was there to witness the processs.
The music and arts critic Brian Hick, who acted as HOT’s music correspondent for a couple of years, sadly passed away in May after a period of illness. We are grateful to his colleague Stephen Page for permission to reprint his obituary from Lark Reviews, a website dedicated to news and reviews of classical music and poetry set up by Brian and now run by Stephen.
Sea Change Sussex finds itself under pressure at Selep, its major funder, where the accountability board has set challenging demands on three of its current projects, and raised the prospect of withdrawing funding for two of them. Nick Terdre reports.
If you think you’re a poet but possibly don’t know it, how about entering the Hastings Week Poetry Competition run personally by the mayor? Nick Terdre tells you how.
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