Julia Kotziamani talks to Jude Montague about Hastings Art School, which set up last year as a low-cost and flexible alternative to traditional arts teaching and is looking forward to a “huge year” in 2024.
Two Green councillors head up Hastings Borough Council’s new Cabinet in alliance with three Hastings Independents as the council heads into the final straight before the May elections, with important budget proposals to be decided on at this week’s Full Council. HOT’s Chris Connelley looks back over a momentous week in local politics.
While HBC has heeded warnings not to try and balance its books by continuing to draw on reserves, East Sussex County Council is going to do just that to produce a balanced 2024/25 budget. However, it is a one-off solution, it warns. Report by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
A march and rally in Hastings town centre this weekend calling for a ceasefire in Gaza will be supported by three political parties as well as a host of religious and community groups. Nick Terdre reports.
HOT’s Chris Connelley updates us on the latest happenings at the Town Hall, where Green councillor Julia Hilton was tonight elected council leader at an extraordinary meeting of HBC’s Full Council.
Jude Montague talks about her long-term work on her graphic novel about her granddad and pioneer radio in Manchester in advance of her February exhibition at the Twelve Hundred Postcards Bar.
HOT’S Judy Parkinson immersed herself in the i-Found exhibition at St Andrew’s Mews and discovered some new ideas about more than a few old stories.
King’s Road Bazaar is run by a collective of stall-holders, each with their own pitch in the spacious shop, selling vintage, antique and other items. Jude Montague talks to two of the characters who together give the Bazaar its special quality.
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