Charlie Austen is a one-woman band playing carefully crafted original songs on the folk-soul-rock spectrum and supporter of fellow musicians. Joyful, with groovy tunes and a very entertaining presence on stage, she is a radical as well as a personal, thoughtful songwriter. She shares an example of her lyrics with Jude Montague. Charlie is based in Hastings and is performing at The Pig, Hastings, on Friday 15 November.
Standing up 4 Nature (SU4N, Hastings & Rother) had a successful meeting recently. In early December there’s to be a ‘Community Assembly’ followup event to contribute to Hastings Borough Council’s Draft Local Plan regarding matters such as empty houses and environmental protection. Bernard McGinley reports.
If you are looking for Christmas presents, there’s a rich source to be accessed just outside Hastings, when Winchelsea holds its Christmas Gift Fair this Saturday, 16 November. Nick Terdre reports.
Get ready for stunts galore onscreen, a night of Keanu Reeves, ‘zine-making and kids’ film workshops, and a host of special guests at energetic events to celebrate action in cinema, says Annie Waite. The Art of Action season smashes onto the Electric Palace cinema screen from 16 November. Buckle up!
The 1960s zeitgeist was for demolition. Old was boring. New was better. Neophiliacs were in charge. In St Leonards-on-Sea, Christopher Maxwell-Stewart, who has died aged 88, saw it differently. Bernard McGinley reports on an important part of local history.
The Lucky Face is performing on 3 December at the Jenny Lind for the Adventures in Pop monthly alternative creative pop/indie evening. He talks to Jude Montague about his life in music and songwriting and the lyrics for his song Keyboard Warrior.
The council has reversed its unpopular policy banning dogs from the Rock-a-Nore and Stade beaches during summer months. This week the council’s Cabinet gave unanimous approval to ending all dog exclusion on these beaches, a move welcomed by the Paws for Shores campaign group as well as dog owners in general. Nick Terdre reports.
Hastings is to host its very first ‘Poetry for Palestine’ open mic night to raise funds for a community in Gaza with long-held links to the town. Hastings & District Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s chair Katy Colley reports.
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