Hastings & Rye MP Helena Dollimore has picked up the case of our deteriorating bus service and will hopefully meet with Stagecoach to discuss how it can be improved. While the bus company has a role to play, action – and money – are required from other parties, as Anna Sabin explains.
There, not Here is a compelling exhibition staged by six photographers: Anne Lydiat, Derek Cottrell, Gary Willis, Giles Stokoe, Imogen Bloor and Neale Willis. Last year many of the same photographers staged Here, not There which was a really stand-out show, and the quality has not diminished this year. A variety of challenging themes reflect the title from global warming and studies of the homeless to personal memories. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths, who is also a member of PhotoHastings, was impressed.
Safe Operating Space – audio stanzas constructed with music – composer Tullis Rennie
Official figures suggest that 10,000 vulnerable East Sussex pensioners risk missing-out on Winter Fuel Payment this year. Energise Sussex Coast’s Gabriel Carlyle reports.
Recently HOT reported how Hastings Borough Council (HBC) have a persistent habit of censoring comment that they disagree with. It continues — but when the planners are asked by colleagues not to publish something, they do. Bernard McGinley reports.
You are invited by Lori Stone-Wisdom to an all-day auction of collectibles – cars, trucks, planes plus other items from the 1930s and 1940s – at the Kino Teatr in St Leonards on Norman Road on 23 October from 10am til 7pm. The items belonged to Lori’s beloved husband, the wonderful Hugh Stone-Wisdom, who sadly passed away in September 2021. 60% of proceeds to RNLI. HOT’s Zelly Restorick spoke to Lori Stone-Wisdom about her husband’s collection and the auction.
Hastings SHE Choir presents Thunder, Lightning and Dirt – a concert which it promises will be an unmissable evening celebrating grassroots music, performance, and creativity in all its many forms, says choir member Hannah Collisson.
Look out! Plan ahead for a couple of nostalgic Autumnal Sundays riding back in time to the early 1970s to indulge in a collection of handpicked Hollywood blockbuster disaster films at the Electric Palace cinema, says Annie Waite.
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