The most recent (20 March) Hastings Borough Council (HBC) broke up in confusion and anger after the Labour Mayor refused to let the full council meeting, following a question from the public about a blocked ceasefire motion. Katy Colley from Hastings Palestine Solidarity Campaign gives her account of what happened.
The Funny Hole brings together four distinctive artists for a thoroughly idiosyncratic weekend exhibition of unbridled gaiety and whimsy April from 19 to 21 April at The Observer Building in Hastings. Presenting collages, paintings, ceramics, sculpture, film and sound work, you are invited to step into the vivid realm of their collective imagination. Leonie Ellis writes.
Oli Spleen on Brighton, Hastings and surviving AIDS with poetry and cabaret
Sinéid Codd ‘A Fuller Acquaintance with the Archipelago’ at the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
In an experimental session, Tim Whelan comes to The Pig in order to demonstrate some of his bloodtub thumping interpretations of Music Hall on a late Sunday afternoon. Jude Montague shares some thoughts on Music Hall in advance of his visit and encourages HOT readers to share their knowledge of Music Hall with her.
The Clifton Centre in Central St Leonards has been awarded a grant of £55,000 by Biffa Award for the installation of a new lift and other improvements. Work is due to start this Spring and be completed by Autumn. The grant was awarded following a successful campaign that showed strong local support for the community centre, involving both a crowdfunder and grants from local benefactors Isabel Blackman Foundation and Hastings Roundtable.
HOT’s Judy Parkinson will think twice about recycling her phone in a hurry after taking in a spectacular double bill at Hastings Contemporary showing the work of Ethiopian artist Elias Sime and Sir Quentin Blake.
The Hastings District of the National Education Union are subsidising train tickets to this Saturday’s (16 March) national #StopRacism protest in London. Simon Hester, convenor of Hastings Stand Up To Racism, explains why you should take part.
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