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Salena Godden at Hastings Book Festival

Spread the word: the Hastings Book Festival is back in September

HOT’s resident bookworm, Chris Connelley, is beguiled by this year’s programme…

Posted 13:50 Wednesday, Aug 14, 2024 In: Literature

Council planners recommend approval for plastic lampposts on Pier: meeting on Wednesday

Council planners recommend approval for plastic lampposts on Pier: meeting on Wednesday

Posted 08:20 Monday, Aug 12, 2024 In: Campaigns

Alley Cats: art returns to Bottle Alley

The Bottle Alley Art Market returns this weekend for a second year – and it will run on both 17 & 18 August – cleverly doubling the capacity of its triumphant launch last year. HOT’s Chris Connelley previews an arts institution in the making. 

Posted 08:03 Saturday, Aug 10, 2024 In: Arts News
2 people with a ‘Choose Love’ banner outside ESK in Hastings. Photo by Chris Connelley

Town turns out in force against Far Right hatred

‘We are many, you are few’ turned out to be an accurate chant as racists failed to show up for a planned protest on Wednesday. HOT’s Chris Connelley joined the counter protestors at a lively rally.

Posted 15:49 Friday, Aug 9, 2024 In: Campaigns Tags:

Development proposes encroachment on habitats and the public highway

Conqueror Road is a cul de sac running east and downhill off the lower end of Harley Shute Road, near the bottom of Edinburgh Road. Bernard McGinley reports, having been this way before.

Posted 17:35 Thursday, Aug 8, 2024 In: Home Ground

Finding a way forward for St Mary in the Castle

Following Chris Connelley’s report on the latest moves to bring St Mary in the Castle back to life, Bea Rogers, who knows the place intimately having run it between 2009 and 2012 and subsequently participated in friends’ groups, offers her views on how this could be done and the obstacles to be surmounted. 

Posted 16:59 Sunday, Aug 4, 2024 In: Heritage Tags: , ,

Local campaigners blockade arms factory again, ahead of trial

Local campaigners blockaded General Dynamics’ local arms factory in Sidney Little Road again last Tuesday (30 July). Gabriel Carlyle reports.

Posted 13:07 In: Campaigns

Hastings campaigners join anti-fascist march

Local members of Hastings Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) joined 5,000 others in London on Saturday 27 July. SUTR’s Simon Hester was there.

Posted 21:51 Saturday, Aug 3, 2024 In: Campaigns Tags: ,
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