Category: <span>Point of View</span>

Getting serious about the climate emergency

If Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is serious about the climate emergency then it needs to focus on working with others to change national policy, argues Gabriel Carlyle.

Posted 09:00 Monday, Feb 14, 2022 In: Point of View

Mental health challenges posed by immigration detention put lockdown strains in perspective

Safwa Chowdhury, who joined Hastings Community of Sanctuary during the first lockdown, has found the periods of restrictions hard to bear, but contact with refugees in immigration detention has convinced her they face a much tougher ordeal.

Posted 20:07 Saturday, Jun 26, 2021 In: Point of View Tags: detention Hastings Community of Sanctuary immigration Mental Health Napier Safwa Chowdhury Togther with Refugees

What future for our performance venues?

As Hastings enters a second period of lockdown, and the few performance venues which had reopened must close their doors once more, the question of how they can survive and eventually return to activity is a crucial one. Bea Rogers, who has a close associatiom with several of the town’s leading venues, offers her view on the way forward. Photos by Russell Jacobs.

Posted 19:44 Sunday, Nov 8, 2020 In: Point of View Tags: Bea Rogers Kim Forward st mary in the castle venues White Rock Theatre

Hastings loves St Mary in the Castle

This is the title of a fundraiser on the Crowdfunder website. St Mary in the Castle closed its doors to the public in March this year and has lain dormant since then. HOT’s Chris Cormack asks: How deep is your love? How deep are your pockets?

Posted 10:23 Wednesday, Oct 28, 2020 In: Point of View

Post-Covid: Fears, Dreams and Choices 3

Kendal Eaton, author of A Chance for Everyone: The Parallel Non Monetary Economy, concludes his examination of how the world beyond coronavirus could be made a better place. Part 3: Choices.

Posted 15:25 Friday, Jul 3, 2020 In: Point of View Tags: covid-19 Ithaca HOURS Kendall Eaton Marx Paul Mason PNME

Let’s say his name: George Floyd!

Georgia Hannon, a student at Hastings Academy, has sent us her thoughts on the killing of George Floyd.

Posted 15:00 Friday, Jun 19, 2020 In: Point of View Tags: Black Lives Matter George Floyd Georgia Hannon

Post-Covid: Fears, Dreams and Choices 2

Kendal Eaton, author of A Chance for Everyone: The Parallel Non Monetary Economy, continues his examination of how the world beyond coronavirus could be made a better place. Part 2: Dreams.

Posted 18:04 Thursday, Jun 18, 2020 In: Point of View Tags: Harry Cleaver post covid economy

Post-Covid: Fears, dreams and choices

Does a new world lie beyond the coronavirus era in which we currently find ourselves? Kendal Eaton, author of A Chance for Everyone: The Parallel Non Monetary Economy, imagines how it might be.

Posted 16:40 Wednesday, Jun 3, 2020 In: Point of View Tags: capitalism Covid neoliberalism