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An explosive new talent – 20-year-old Emma Rawicz – fronts Jazz Hastings’ December gig on Tuesday 6th. Julian Norridge traces the award-winning saxophonist and composer’s rapid rise to fame. Continue reading…
Hastings International Piano are thrilled to welcome Shunta Morimoto & Mariamna Sherling back to the historic White Rock Theatre for a special Prizewinners’ Gala Concert. These young pianists thrilled the capacity audience with their performances in the final of the 16th Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition in March 2022. We are delighted that they will be joined once again by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Rory Macdonald. Dominika Hicks writes.
Covid-19 infections are picking up again, though not at a rate that looks like threatening Christmas. But precautions seem advisable in crowded places and on public transport, as does getting the autumn booster for those who are eligible. Meanwhile health experts have voiced concerns about the government’s vaccine policy. Text by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
A fresh and redesigned website has been launched by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to support those living with mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity conditions.
There have been regular days of action by UK postal workers since August. Even though it’s tucked away from passers-by, the depot in Drury Lane on the Ponswood industrial estate has had an active picket line every strike day – come rain or shine (and there’s been a lot of days of rain). As we enter December, there’s still no offer on the table that is acceptable to these essential workers. Seven days of strike action are planned between now and Christmas. HOT’s Erica Smith interviewed a long-standing local postal worker to find out why our posties are holding out for a better deal.
A Palestinian feast last weekend raised a whopping £1600 to help the support the health needs of an impoverished fishing community in Gaza, Palestine. Katy Colley writes.
On 6 December, Divest East Sussex and friends will be back in Lewes, staging a tug of war between fossil fuels and climate action outside County Hall to coincide with East Sussex County Council (ESCC)’s next big meeting. Gabriel Carlyle from Divest East Sussex explains why.
Sea Change Sussex and its stalled Queensway Gateway Road project find themselves in the spotlight in another forum after East Sussex County Council’s scrutiny committee decided to put them on their work programme. Nick Terdre reports.
There were plenty of bargains for sale when Hastings’ Old Town Churches held their Christmas Fair on Saturday Nov 19). Linda Foy writes. Images Colin Foy.
Has this year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup inspired you to give rugby a go? Active Hastings are encouraging girls aged 5 to 18 to give rugby a try at Hastings and Bexhill RFC!
150 trade unionists and supporters marched through Hastings on Saturday 19 November. They were demanding pay rises in line with inflation and an end to the government’s austerity cuts. Representatives from the Royal College of Nursing, Fire Brigades Union, National Education Union and UNISON attacked the government’s financial statement for failing to address the cost of living emergency facing millions. The march and rally were organised by Hastings & District Trades Union Council.
To mark Carers Rights Day on Thursday 24 November, HOT’s Judy Parkinson spoke to local charity Care for the Carers about the red-hot topic of unpaid carers and the help that’s available to them. There has been an alarming 20% increase in the number of East Sussex carers experiencing problems with their finances since last year, with 85% of carers locally highlighting this issue.
On 18 November Andy Dinsdale and Beverley Coombes organised a Strandliners’ event: Preventing Plastic Pollution, funded by the EU’s Interreg fund, The Rivers’ Trust, Sea-Changers, Rother District Council and local donors. “It’s great to pick up rubbish from our natural environments and bin it, but is it enough?”, asks Andy. “What more can we do to prevent the plastic pollution in the first place?” HOT’s Zelly Restorick, a rubbish-picker-upper since coming to Hastings over 20 years ago, attended this event and reports on what she and the team did to go that extra mile. (All images provided by
The Clifton Centre, as Southwater Area Community Centre has renamed itself, has just launched a Crowdfunder in support of its project to install a new lift. The centre recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. HOT’s Nick Terdre, a trustee of the centre, reports.
Marie-Claire Amuah will discuss her debut book One for Sorrow, Two for Joy in conversation with Instagram book star, @WhatSarahReadNext, live at the Electric Palace cinema in Hastings Old Town, says Annie Waite.
No sooner had proposals to redevelop St Anne’s church in Hollington been refused than there was an application to demolish it anyway. Hastings Borough Council (HBC) approved it in a delegated decision by planning officers. Bernard McGinley reports.
