The future is looking brighter for His Place community church following the award of a grant from Historic England to perform detailed planning for an extensive programme of repairs and to research its musical heritage. An open day and free concert is planned on 12 March which the church hopes will help drum up community support for its bid for funds to implement the repairs. Nick Terdre reports.
The post-pandemic Hastings Fat Tuesday festival wouldn’t be complete without some sonic interventions. Sunday Sonics goes underground this year and promises a pot-pourri of audio/visual weirdness well worthy of a visit. James Weaver will attempt to lure you into the basement.
HOT’s Chris Connelley looks forward to next week’s book launch by local publishing legend Tony Collins.
The great joy in 1970s households was the cereal packet. Vouchers and gifts could be found inside them, and when you had finished munching their edible contents, there was nothing better to do than cut them up to make models. This is why artist Mark Daniels seized on the opportunity to get involved with the ATownExploresABook22 Art Trail inspired by Rumer Godden’s 1972 novel, The Diddakoi. HOT’s Erica Smith limbers up for a session with scissors and cardboard.
Many have wondered while walking past the elegant 12 Claremont – next door to Hastings Library–what is going to happen to it. It was intended as an extension of the library but that dream rose and fell. Well now, at last, this historic building has been acquired by Heart of Hastings CLT who will bring it back to life as a Community hub. Lauris Morgan-Griffiths went along to the celebration of its successful acquisition to learn more.
Faced with the dumping of raw sewage in the sea by Southern Water, and the Environment Agency’s inadequate testing regime, Hastings and St Leonards Clean Water Action have launched a crowdfunder to pay for independent tests in the winter months. HOT’s Chris Connelley dips his toe into murky waters.
If Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is serious about the climate emergency then it needs to focus on working with others to change national policy, argues Gabriel Carlyle.
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