Does the UK need its own Bill of Rights to replace the Human Rights Act which enacts the measures of the European Convention of Human Rights? As the bill awaits its second reading in the Commons, Pal Luthra of the Amnesty International Hastings & Rye team examines the roots of existing human rights legislation in Europe and the UK and the likely effects of the proposed new bill.
Hastings Contemporary is celebrating its 10th anniversary which is indeed something to celebrate in the ups and downs they have experienced – as well as the economic climate. They have hosted many exhibitions over that time, some more popular than others, but that is understandable for contemporary art – there’s a clue in the word ‘contemporary’. If you stretch yourself into areas of challenging art, some work will resonate, and other, not so much. For their 10th year they have mounted three exhibitions, HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths went along to view them.
Walking into the subdued lighting at the BlackShed Gallery you enter another world – Stephanie’s Fawbert’s In the Wild Wood. This is a place of fairy stories, stories and memories. Although it is a little way out of Hastings and it was a wet morning, HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths went along to the gallery on the edge of the woods near Robertsbridge.
Nurses and supporters gathered on the roadside opposite the Conquest Hospital from 8am on this very cold and frosty Wednesday morning. Erica Smith made her way up to The Ridge to find out what was driving Royal College of Nurses’ members to strike for the first time in history.
Nick Saloman – aka the Bevis Frond – is one of Hastings’ most globally renowned musicians, widely acclaimed as “the godfather of grunge” and recently sharing the stage at a sold out Chalk Farm Roundhouse with Courtney Love and Frond superfan Evan Dando of The Lemonheads. Ben Thompson interviews him about the many strands to his life, and the imminent release by his latest band, The Mundaynes.
Hastings Fat Tuesday Music Festival will once again deliver five days of music, mayhem and Mardi Gras across Hastings and St Leonards from Friday 17 to Tuesday 21 February. The five day town wide celebration will present over 350 free gigs, gatherings, parties and parades alongside ticketed events, with internationally acclaimed artists from across the globe appearing alongside a wealth of local bands. Erica Smith gets her diary out and gets ready to rock.
On Wednesday 11 January, ambulance workers took industrial action for the second time with a 24-hour strike starting at midnight. This Wednesday and Thursday, local nurses who are members of the Royal College of Nursing will make history by striking for the first time. Erica Smith keeps up to date with upcoming actions and events.
In January and early February it is traditional to sing and dance around apple trees, bless them with cider and make lots of noise to scare away evil spirits. This is meant to ensure a bumper harvest of apples in the autumn – or maybe it’s just another excuse to have some fun and keep warm on the cold winter nights. HOT’s Erica Smith gets to grips with the realities and myths of Morris dancing – with bells on!
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