As Big Oil rakes in massive windfall profits during the cost-of-living crisis, County Council Leader claims he ‘can’t effect the wider world’ . Gabriel Carlyle from Divest East Sussex reports.
Under orders from national Labour, council leader Paul Barnett has reluctantly ended Hastings Borough Council’s red/green co-operative alliance after less than six months and relieved the two Green portfolio holders of their positions and Cabinet posts. HOT’s Chris Connelley reports.
Trash Cannes organiser Keith Rodway gives us a shameless promotional heads up on Hastings’ number one art-rock group, an up-coming live appearance and much more.
In May, HOT reported on the Employment Tribunal case of the Hastings Pier engineers who had been working on the Pier. Their case of constructive unfair dismissal was upheld and compensation of nearly £75,000 was awarded. The article was titled ‘Pier-owner shamed by Tribunal decisions’. Now the Decision has been published. Bernard McGinley was at that hearing, and reports again on Case 2301155/2019 & 2301177/2019.
This year’s Christmas family pantomime at The White Rock Theatre is Beauty and the Beast. When an arrogant Prince is cursed to live as a beast, his only hope of salvation is to find love before the last petal falls from a magic rose. When pretty village girl, Beauty, comes into his life, is this the chance he has been waiting for? HOT’s Paul Way-Rider takes a look behind the scenes.
After their highly acclaimed debut playing Upstairs at Ronnie Scott’s just a few months ago, The Fabulous Red Diesel are returning just before Christmas and there are still tickets remaining if you’d like to travel with them on their hired coach up to central London. HOT’s Zelly Restorick heard from lead singer-songwriter, Kat Lee Ryan (aka ‘Miss Kitty’) about the band’s latest adventures.
Entangled is a unique video collaboration between two special artists based in Hastings: photographer Paul Knight and composer Polo Piatti. The work is set to be premiered on Thursday 20 October 2022 at Hastings Contemporary.
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