The decision by Labour’s National Executive Committee to exclude borough councillor Maya Evans from the longlist of parliamentary candidates for Hastings & Rye has prompted a widely supported letter of protest from local party members. HOT’s Chris Connelley reports.
The recent Amnesty International report on the extent to which Israel practises apartheid was the subject of a recent meeting at the White Rock Hotel. The local Hastings & Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign (HRPSC) and Amnesty International Kent and East Sussex Network arranged it with the Amnesty International Country Coordinator for Israel/Palestine. London University’s SOAS Palestine Society was also represented. Bernard McGinley observed.
Gensing Gardens was officially opened by the Mayor of Hastings, Mr Thomas Ross, on 3 July 1872. 150 years later, the community celebrated the Gardens’ ‘birthday’ by thinking of ways to make it more community-friendly. Over 30 local residents attended and suggestions including bike pods, a compost scheme and a sheltered structure were discussed.
The proposal to give active travel in Hastings a boost by routing a cycleway through Alexandra Park has not been to everyone’s taste. As both sides held rallies at the weekend, HOTs Chris Connelley headed into the park to hear their points of view on the controversy. He also took the photos.
HOT’s Zelly Restorick was sitting on the beach at Fairlight, watching the waves rolling in and out – and had the thought that each wave is a totally unique wave. We call them ‘waves’, as a collective generalisation. However, no two waves are the same, nor have they ever been – the exact same composition, movement and timing – in the history of the planet and the sea.
It has variously been referred to as Chinese Whispers, a Conversation and now a Relay; the art of taking a piece of art, sending it to another and them responding to it in their own inimitable way. It is a great way of opening a debate, stretching the artist and creating a body of work. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths was excited to see SoCo Artists’ latest iteration, Relay Respond Relay, as they pass the baton from one to another.
HOT’s Paul Way-Rider takes a look at some of the shows coming up in July at the White Rock Theatre.
Tree correspondent Joan Taylor-Rowan discovers a tree that caused a sensation back in the 1940s.
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