HOT’s Judy Parkinson threw on her sou’wester and grabbed her fishing net for a preview of a trio of new exhibitions at Hastings Contemporary, all with a distinctly salty flavour. The gallery is treating us to a summer of water-based sensations with not one, but three shows about what lives and lies beneath the element that shapes our town.
Feast of Fiddles – ““Britain’s fiddling supergroup” according to BBC Radio 2’s Mark Radcliffe – have a Hastings date at the Phoenix Arts Centre on Saturday 12 April coming up on their 30th Spring Tour. Maxine Soars explains what lies in store.
One of the hardest working jazz musicians in the business will be featured in Jazz Hastings’ April session. He is Nigel Price, whose organ trio will be appearing at our next gig on Tuesday 8 April, writes Julian Norridge.
The Labour government has justified its intention to impose swingeing cuts on the benefits for people with disabilities as a “moral duty.” In an open letter to Helena Dollimore, who supports the move, Hastings resident Felicity Laurence predicts the cuts will have a devastating effect on people’s lives and asks our MP to reconsider her position.
Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is noted for its lack of resources, which is not their fault. Why therefore would it commission and pay for a land stability report when a planning applicant hadn’t provided an adequate one? The planning department won’t explain. Bernard McGinley reports.
The current exhibition in the upstairs gallery of Hastings Museum is an extraordinary exploration of a local inventor by two contemporary polymath artists – Jude Montague and Geraldine Swayne. Erica Smith is delighted that this gem of an exhibition has had a stay of execution and will remain on show until 20 April.
The ‘chemical shutdown’ in sleepy St Leonards was competing in the national news cycle with the closure of Heathrow Airport this week. The story was covered by the BBC, Guardian, Independent, Metro and Sky News. But what’s the word on the street? HOT reporter brings you the latest news and speculation.
Hastings Philharmonic Choir’s next concert, on Saturday 5 April, will be a performance of Antonin Dvořák’s famous Stabat Mater. They will be accompanied by the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marcio da Silva, with soloists Helen May (soprano), Julia Piñon (contralto), Leonel Pinheiro (tenor) and Robert Winslade Anderson (bass). Press officer Gareth Simpson sets the scene.
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