Former Hastings resident Barry Harden has published a memoir of his childhood days growing up in London as the country slowly recovered from the deprivations of the Second World War before being transformed by the cultural revolutiom of the 1960s, as Isabel Lopez describes.
Artists Eden and Andrew Kötting have a new film, The Tell-Tale Rooms, showing for free in the basement of the OB (Observer building) until Tuesday 18 March. The experience is immersive, like being Alice, unexpectedly in Wonderland. Bernard McGinley reports.
The government’s devolution policy has changed the electoral landscape, replacing this year’s county council elections in six areas, including East Sussex, with a poll for mayors. Elections for shadow unitary authorities are also scheduled as local government undergoes a radical upheaval. How are these new elections shaping up in Sussex? Text by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Local campaign groups have called a public meeting to explore how we can make Hastings a safer, easier town for walking, wheeling and cycling with a greener transport network. Nick Terdre reports.
For the fourth time in as many years, jazz giant Jerry Bergonzi will be taking to the stage for Jazz Hastings March session. He will be playing on Tuesday 18 March at the East Hastings Sea Angling Association on the Stade. Julian Norridge reports.
Planning officers of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) have recommended that the Council accepts the application to squeeze five more flats onto the Archery Ground site. They also propose to let over £53,000 compensation go unclaimed without explaining why. The legal argument is badly out of date. Consideration of disabled rights has been suppressed as well as ignored. The application will be decided by the planning committee on Wednesday 12 March. Bernard McGinley reports.
The Labour government this week announced the Plan for Neighbourhoods, a £1.5bn fund to be dispensed to 75 deprived towns and communities, including Hastings, Rother and Eastbourne. The money is not new – this is the previous government’s Long Term Plan for Towns under a new name. Nick Terdre reports, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Hastings is blessed with a plethora of local talent so why not ‘shop local’ on World Book Day and treat yourself to a fiction set on the beach of Bulverhythe or the streets of Hastings Old Town? Dee Williams reviews.
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