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BAAM 2025 is here

Zeroh & Hell Yeah invite you to support the local creative economy by visiting the Bottle Alley Art Market this Saturday. Erica Smith encourages you to attend this free public event which showcases fine art from curated local and national artists – and includes live music and performance.

Posted 21:25 Wednesday, Aug 20, 2025 In: Arts News Tags: , ,

Crowhurst community solar farm secures planning permission

A community-owned solar project in nearby Crowhurst will help tackle fuel poverty while creating a highly biodiverse nature area. Energise Sussex Coast’s Gabriel Carlyle reports.

Posted 20:53 In: Green Times

Walls Have Eyes – they’ve seen it all

HOT’s Judy Parkinson caught up with The Two Ians who are making a name for themselves by creating alternative gallery experiences in Hastings. 

Andy Panayi and his quartet on the Jazz Hastings stage

On Tuesday 2 September Jazz Hastings welcomes Andy Panayi, an exceptionally gifted jazz musician, skilled not just in performance but also in composition and arranging, and his quartet. Julian Norridge fills in the background.

Posted 11:15 Tuesday, Aug 19, 2025 In: Music & Sound Tags: , ,
Michael Madden and Rosie

Three new environmental paintings by Michael Madden

Michael Madden, local painter, sculptor and former campaigner, talks with HOT’s Chandra Masoliver about his recent work, where, as before in his triptych ‘The Weighing of the Souls’, he paints animals with haloes.

Posted 16:37 Monday, Aug 18, 2025 In: Arts & Culture,Visual Arts Tags:

Hiroshima Day 2025

Wednesday 6 August saw the annual Hiroshima Day commemoration in Alexandra Park as people gathered to remember those killed in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago. John Enefer writes.

Exterior of Electric Palace cinema

National Cinema Days events August 2025!

During Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 August, head along to the Electric Palace cinema in Hastings Old Town to immerse yourself in cinema nostalgia, grab yourself some cool film merchandise, and support your local independent venue to continue, as times are tough for cinemas nationwide, says Annie Waite.

Women wasting their time fighting other women…

The latest edition of Hastings Independent Press (HIP) has caused upset amongst regular readers because of an article over the definition of what is a ‘woman’. Erica Smith looks at why some of HIP’s readers and stockists have lost faith in the newspaper as a result of the anonymous opinion piece.

Posted 21:56 Sunday, Aug 17, 2025 In: Campaigns
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