I’m glad we’ve been able to share so much of our wildlife with people here and on social media since March, but it was good to be able to show people wildlife in the flesh again. Dr Barry Yates Dr Barry Yates, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Manager tells us about the first guided walk in many […]
Volunteers are counting on the public to help them fulfil their dreams for a community project that is blossoming. Let’s Raise the Roof is a month-long crowdfunding campaign to help put a permanent roof on the greenhouse in Alexandra Park, that kicked off on Monday with an appeal to supporters to raise at least £10,000 […]
There was an amazing response top out feature last weekend when we published photographs from the ‘Derelict In The UK’ archives of the Ashdown pub that once stood at the end of Downey Close. On our social media channels so many people posted their memories. Some people met there, some people held their wedding reception […]
For those of us that love a good read and story about an unsolved death, murder and intrigue, especially in your home town of Hastings, Strange Exits From Hastings: A Cornucopia Of Bizarre Deaths Unsolved Murders by Helena Woitczak is a must! When Darren McCann reviewed it for Hastings In Focus he said: “So well […]
Couples whose big days were on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic will have reason to celebrate as weddings and civil partnerships in East Sussex are set to resume as from today. Many couples though are still planning to wait until next year. Kate Tym one half of the award-winning independent celebrat team Kate and […]
Art Attack’s Neil Buchanan lives near Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, and is a regular visitor. Emma Chaplin caught up with him over the phone to find out how his lockdown was going. Many people will know you as a TV presenter, but you’re also an artist and musician. Tell us a bit more about yourself. […]
There’s been no clearer example of a labour of love than Ian Jarman’s determination to shine a spotlight on an unloved and uncared for, but historically very significant, marble statue in West Marina Gardens. In recent weeks his labours have been of the physical kind as he meticulously worked to clean the marble, removing algae […]
With months of live gigs and festivals cancelled a Hastings live music photographer has built a portfolio of portraits capturing the local music community in lockdown. Sara-Louise Bowrey has over 20 year’s experience taking pictures of bands on stages from the smallest pubs to the largest festivals in the world – as well as taking […]
Westerleigh School/St Leonards College There was a tremendous response to the old pictures we published a couple of weeks ago of St Leonards Congregational Church so we have dipped in to the Facebook site Derelict in the UK (https://www.facebook.com/DerelictintheUKOfficial/) once again to bring you these photographs of the now demolished Westerleigh School in Hollington Park […]
