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Archives for 2025 | Page 19 of 29

Poet, singer-songwriter and cabaret-influenced performer Oli Spleen talks about his band SPLEEN in advance of their gig at The Pig on Friday 25 July.

Jude Montague set him a series of questions to help find out more about this rare band which reveal some secret facts and thoughts.

Posted 13:24 Saturday, Apr 19, 2025 In: Music & Sound Tags: ,

Transition Town Hastings celebrates 10 years of greening the town

Transition Town Hastings celebrates 10 years of leading the town towards greening ways of living. Its activities tend to pass under the radar, but in a quiet way it has made its mark on our environment. Nick Terdre reports.

Opera South East hit the road with new Gilbert & Sullivan gala evening

Opera South East are hitting the road to bring their Gilbert & Sullivan Gala to local audiences in Winchelsea, Battle and Bexhill. Chairman John Rycroft describes the delights in store.

Posted 15:42 Thursday, Apr 17, 2025 In: Music & Sound Tags: , ,

Devolution: how does the financial side work?

Devolution will put more money in the hands of local government as well as greater freedom in deciding how to spend it, says the government. But where does this money come from? And will devolution lead to increased local taxation? Nick Terdre (text) and Russell Hall (research and graphics) investigate.

Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent headline at Jazz Hastings

Two major jazz musicians, one relatively new and one incredibly well established, will be performing at the next Jazz Hastings session. Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent will be performing songs from their new, as yet unreleased, album. Julian Norridge reports.

Posted 16:30 Wednesday, Apr 16, 2025 In: Music & Sound Tags: , , ,

Art exhibition and Easter Day fun at Alexandra Park greenhouse

VISITORS can help celebrate World Earth Day at a special art exhibition to be held in the Alexandra Park greenhouse in conjunction with Art in the Park on Saturday 26 April. Separately volunteers at the greenhouse will also provide Easter Day activities for families on Sunday 20th. Lynda Foy describes the upcoming events.

Posted 09:44 Sunday, Apr 13, 2025 In: Community Tags: , ,

Old Bathing Pool site exhibition/ consultation on Tuesday 29 April

By any standards the Old Bathing Pool is an exceptional site, so what is to become of it? Interest is intense, especially in West St Leonards, but the future of the Bathing Pool site is crucial to the borough as a whole, as improvement, and an opportunity for rebalancing it. So far it has been unclear what is proposed. That is about to change, on 29 April. Will the proposals harmonise with the suggestions and ideas of local people? Bernard McGinley reports.

Energise Sussex Coast celebrates a year of community action

Local community benefit society Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) has just published its impact report for 2024. ESC’s Gabriel Carlyle takes a look at some of the work that it’s been doing.

Posted 18:55 Wednesday, Apr 9, 2025 In: Campaigns Tags:
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