Much-loved local orchestra Hastings Sinfonia joins international soloists, captivating dancers, and the talented choirs of St. Richards Catholic College and Battle Abbey School Choir to bring you a Family Christmas Spectacular. With 160 musicians, dancers and singers taking part, Alexander Hudson details the delights in store at the De La Warr Pavilion on Sunday 3 December.
Hastings Borough Council has missed out on its last chance to win a grant from the £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund after the government decided to bypass a bidding round. However HBC has recently come in for £40m of government money to improve local living conditions from other funds. Text by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
In/Visible Stitches by artist Sarah Milne is a new exhibition of textile art exploring an individual’s emotional presence visible on institutional fabrics, in this case, hospital fabrics. The artist speaks about her developing practice to Jude Montague.
The inspiring music of Ruby Colley and her quartet, can be heard on 1 December, at the Crown House, Marina, St Leonards. Laurie Temple interviews one of Hastings most exciting musicians in advance of her performance at this intimate venue.
Trevor Jones reviews Marcio da Silva, (conductor and director) and the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs’ performance of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Mass in D major, Op. 123 at St John’s Church, St Leonards on November 11.
Are we making progress towards a world more oriented towards Active Travel choices and away from the private car? Anna Sabin took herself off (by train) to the Sustainable Transport and Active Travel Summit in Eastbourne to find out.
Although several of Hastings Borough Council’s key housing projects have for one reason or another been knocked off course, it still maintains that it is on track to meet its target of delivering 500 affordable homes by 2027. The claim is questionable, although a boost is certainly needed, as the supply of affordable homes has slumped in recent years. Text by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
A Freedom of Information Act request has revealed that over the last 10 months, East Sussex County Council (ESCC) has hired scores of guards to “protect” County Hall from emails, petition hand-ins and a tiny vigil of peaceful fasters.
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