One of the most important events taking place here at Fairlight Hall is the International Piano Concerto Competition. That finished in March: this is the final activity of 2024, a concert given by the winner, this year Curtis Phill Hsu. Victoria Kingham reviews Hsu’s performance.
Activists scaled the roof of County Hall in Lewes on Tuesday 9 July to demand that the East Sussex Pension Fund stops investing in fossil fuels. Gabriel Carlyle reports.
Victoria Kingham finds plenty to write home about in Bowler Crab theatre company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
Singer songwriter Kelsey Michael brings song written in response to the Cornish landscape to The Pig on Friday 26 July supporting local artist Finnerty. She speaks to organiser and performer Jude Montague about her music.
Championed by The Clash’s Joe Strummer, grab a rare chance to see talented multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter Tymon Dogg live on 2 August in the intimate surroundings of the Electric Palace as part of its Summer Music Season 2024, says Annie Waite.
So, the expected Labour landslide happened and Sir Keir Starmer has entered the famous black door of 10 Downing Street as prime minister. The party’s massive majority however came on the back of a historically low vote share, while first-past-the-post also minimised the rewards for smaller parties’ millions of voters. Text by Chris Connelley, graphics by Russell Hall.
It was pretty much as the polls predicted both locally and nationally – Helena Dollimore easing to victory for Labour in Hastings & Rye, while her party more than reversed its historic losses of 2019 across the UK. Elsewhere in East Sussex the Conservatives lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats but held on to the other two. Nick Terdre reports, graphics by Russell Hall.
This popular community event celebrating Hastings fishing heritage and our creative community spirit was created by local arts collective Radiator Arts back in 2002 and has been sorely missed in the festival calendar over recent years. This year the Radiator Arts is delighted to have been awarded funding to revive and renew the event – it’s a brilliant way to celebrate 20 years of community creating. Erica Smith wishes them a happy anniversary.
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