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Hastings Music Festival prepares for opening curtains

Hastings Music Festival has been captivating audiences for over 100 years! Every year, children and adults from four to 84 take to the stage to showcase their talent in Singing, Dancing, Speech, Mime & Drama, and Instrumental, all of which are marked by an adjudicator who is a specialist and an expert in the field. With hundreds of participants, it’s an exciting chance to build confidence and make memories. The festival’s Jenny Griffiths and Victoria Cole set the scene.

Posted 11:52 Wednesday, Feb 12, 2025 In: Music & Sound Tags: , , ,

Renters Reform Bill – winners and losers

As the Renters (Reform) Bill passes its second reading, many housing campaigners in Hastings will be hoping that renting will become easier and more affordable. But it’s a complex picture, as Dee Williams has discovered. 

Posted 17:10 Tuesday, Feb 11, 2025 In: Politics

Helena Wojtczak releases historical biography of Mary Raleigh Richardson, suffragette

Local author and historian Helena Wojtczak, most famous for Strange Exits from Hastings, volumes I and II, releases a new book detailing the remarkable life of Mary Raleigh Richardson, suffragette arsonist. Dee Williams reports.

Posted 09:57 Monday, Feb 10, 2025 In: Literature Tags: , ,

Campaigners take aim at East Sussex Pension Fund

Two sets of campaigners will be converging on County Hall in Lewes this Tuesday (11 February) to protest about the East Sussex Pension Fund’s role in the Gaza genocide and the climate crisis. Divest East Sussex’s Gabriel Carlyle reports.

Posted 15:45 Sunday, Feb 9, 2025 In: Campaigns

Elections off as Sussex put on fast track to devolution

Sussex has been chosen to join the fast track to a mayoral authority, the county council elections due to be held in May postponed along the way. The news was welcomed by the East Sussex County Council leader Keith Glazier, and deplored by the Hastings Borough Council leader Julia Hilton. Nick Terdre reports graphics by Russell Hall.

Posted 08:22 Thursday, Feb 6, 2025 In: Politics Tags: , , , , ,
© LMG Emily Mackey's sculpture with shadow

Deep Time stories at Hastings Museum

Who knew that it was 200 years since the naming of a dinosaur known as Iguanodon? It was the second dinosaur ever to be named; the first being a Megalosaurus, yet the term dinosaur was not coined until 1842. Who knew? Certainly not HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths.

Posted 21:27 Wednesday, Feb 5, 2025 In: Visual Arts Tags: , , , , , ,

Patron supports Hastings International Piano with concert and new composition

Hastings International Piano is delighted to announce that its patron, the internationally-renowned concert pianist Sir Stephen Hough, will give a fundraising recital in support of the organisation at Fairlight Hall on Saturday 1 March, as well as composing a new five-minute work which every competitor reaching the second stage in the 2026 competition will play. Nicky Webb reports

Posted 12:50 In: Music & Sound Tags: ,

St Michael’s Hospice needs you – for the Hastings Half Marathon

The Hastings Half Marathon will be run on Sunday 23 March, a great opportunity for local charities to boost their fundraising by recruiting sponsored runners to support them. Well ahead of the competition this year, at least in notifying HOT of their intentions, was St Michael’s Hospice, as Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 10:00 Tuesday, Feb 4, 2025 In: Community Tags: , , ,
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