‘They do what they do without our input and even when we do give our input… they do what they want to do regardless.’ The fact that the leader of the Labour group on Hastings Borough Council (HBC) – the woman who makes the key decisions that will shape our town – refused to take […]
Tom McCann has been writing for Hastings In Focus for a couple of years now and in the last couple of weeks he has become our first member of staff. Tom is politically savvy and probably won’t mind us saying that he leans more than just a bit to the left. In the last fortnight, […]
Never one to mince his words Tom McCann is back with another very personal view of how the pandemic and being deprived of our freedoms has affected society. And he asks what’s been the point of it all if after more than 30m people have been vaccinated we are still unable to be released from […]
Welcome to The Sunday Supplement a new column that will appear on the last Sunday of each month and consider some of the big issues confronting our town. This month we’re asking what will happen when local council elections take place in May and whether an apparent dissatisfaction with the running of Hastings Borough Council […]
Tom McCann’s message is sure to be controversial but this articulate young man says he is speaking not just for himself but for friends and acquaintances unable to put their feelings in to words in quite the way that he can! What he says might shock you at times but might also make you stop […]
Jane Midwinter is the founder of HotWomenAtMenopause, an associate trainer with Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace and is a menopause coach. She also writes articles on menopause for women and their employers. Next month Jane will launch a new column written specially for Hastings In Focus this month, in recognition of World Menopause Day she gives […]
In a ‘curfewed’ world Tom McCann has been out on the town finding out what really happens when it gets to chucking out time! It’s two weeks since the government enacted the 10pm curfew, forcing the country’s pubs and restaurants into an early close. Put in place in an apparent attempt to prevent the spread […]
Tom McCann has been surprised at the vitriol directed towards a new art installation on the seafront and asks why can’t people look at the positives, like the recent community effort to refresh the rusting bollards in George Street? You may have heard about the commotion over the latest art installation on Hastings beach – […]
Stuart Baillie has worked in the newspaper industry for almost 40 years and in that time he has seen the willingness of our public servants to speak publicly evaporate. Here he recalls the ‘halcyon days’ when the local MP was just a phone call away and compares that with his efforts to get Hastings Borough […]
