Geoff Deane was the lead singer with Modern Romance and the Leyton Buzzards. He’s a poet and a preacher and a very snazzy dresser. His new book ‘From Mohair Suit to Kinky Boots’ is a music biz memoir looking back on the time of our lives. Before he brings his new tome to Hastings for a personal audience at the Cactus Hound on Thursday 16 November, he answers a few questions by Jude Montague.
Launching on Saturday 4 November is the new Powell and Pressburger film season at Hastings Old Town independent cinema, The Electric Palace. The season has been part-curated by local students, and will feature talks, artworks, workshops, podcasts and more, created by young people in Hastings and Bexhill, writes Annie Waite.
Care for the Carers is delighted to announce that they have received the bronze award from East Sussex County Council’s Wellbeing at Work scheme. The award is given to local organisations who have built successful foundations of a healthy workplace. The charity was assessed across 10 criteria including mental health, healthy eating, leadership, management and workplace culture.
Umbrella Sussex – the Community Sharing CIC – has launched a crowdfunder to support Hastings Library of Things and Make and Mend Bexhill and Beyond. Nick Terdre reports.
HOT’s Judy Parkinson met up with Hastings-based artist Linda Williams while she put the finishing touches to her new exhibition at The Crown.
The Barbarian Horde is a duo based in Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea. They are Rob King and Andy Cordle, who write and play original songs and music. Here they answer a few music-mag type questions put by Jude Montague.
On Saturday 11 November the Hastings Philharmonic Choir, accompanied by the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra, will perform Beethoven’s glorious masterpiece, the Missa Solemnis. Press officer Gareth Simpson explains the background to the work.
Jazz Hastings’ next monthly session on 7 November will resound to some of the most iconic tunes in jazz when the highly entertaining group Pigfoot give their unique take on the music of Duke Ellington, says Julian Norridge.
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