The first neighbourhood plan in Hastings borough is coming together with the organising body, the West St Leonards Forum, preparing to submit a proposal for its designated area to the council and hoping to have its plan put out to referendum next year. Nick Terdre reports.
The final part of local writer (and director, actor and producer) John Knowles’ trilogy refocusing Twelfth Night has been performed in Hastings. Soon it will be performed at the new Shakespeare North Theatre in Prescot, Lancashire. Bernard McGinley saw the play.
HOT’s Paul Way-Rider takes a look at some of the shows coming up in the next few weeks at the White Rock Theatre.
Tree correspondent Joan Taylor-Rowan meets tree enthusiasts Joc Hare and Ian Money and discovers that dreams can become reality.
Hastings enjoyed a warm and dry August, though it did not match the temperature peaks and rainfall troughs of July. Now change is in the air, as already evidenced by plentiful rainfall in early September. Nick Terdre reports.
Life is all about making decisions, and at the moment pretty much everyone is faced with difficult choices, says Sam Davey, founder and director of the Hastings Book Festival in an open letter to Hastings Online Times in which she explains how prompt bookings will greatly assist the organisers.
Protests took place around the UK on Monday (5 September) to coincide with a legal challenge to the UK Government’s plan to forcibly deport innocent refugees to Rwanda. Gabriel Carlyle and Nick Terdre joined the Hastings demonstration.
Experience some shocking, “really silly” or rarely seen films in a new film series at The Electric Palace cinema, says Annie Waite, with choices handpicked by The Cult Film Club.
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