Last Friday the weekly online concert from Hastings International Piano during this lockdown period was given by Alexander Yau, one of the 2019 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition prizewinners. Brian Hick was watching.
The original time period for A Town Explores A Book 2020 was a three-week period over the Easter holidays. However, because Covid-19 precautions have currently put a stop to any outdoor art installations or public events, the festival span has been extended until the end of July. HOT’s Erica Smith gives an update of the different ways that H.G.Wells’ The Time Machine is being celebrated throughout May.
The Trash Cannes 5 Day Film Challenge returns after a 4-year hiatus. Make a 3-minute masterpiece indoors in 5 days, and help support the NHS! You don’t need to be a filmmaker to do this – all you need is imagination and basic skills with some form of digital video creation technology. Keith Rodway writes.
This Friday Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition prizewinner Alexander Yau will join us for an evening of beautiful music, a prospect looked forward to by Chris Cormack.
HOT’s Carole Benton reviews local author Helena Wojtczak’s latest work: Strange Exits from Hastings: A Cornucopia of Bizarre Deaths and Unsolved Murders.
“We are very pleased to say that during these difficult times we are looking to bring the town online and together to celebrate our beloved festival, Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green”, announces organiser Keith Leech.
HOT’s music correspondent Brian Hick reviews the online concert given last week by Sylvia Jiang, the latest in Hastings International Piano’s An Evening In With… series.
HOT’s music critic Brian Hick has been watching the Andrew Lloyd Webber productions on a Friday evening.
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