Each Sunday during the current Covid-19 lockdown, while churches and places of worship have been forced put a halt to congregational worship, The Reverend Paul Hunt, priest-in-charge in Hastings Old Town, will offer some words of support and an opportunity for the community to reflect on the challenges we face. Disco dancing is not something […]
I suspect that most shoppers at ESK in Cambridge Road are unaware that this was once the site of the ABC Cinema. Older Hastings residents will also remember the Orion Cinema, also in Cambridge Road, and the Gaiety, now the Odeon in Queens Road and the Curzon in Norman Road, St Leonards, now happily resurrected […]
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. Jane’s monthly column, specially written for Hastings in Focus, offers accurate information and support for women and a better understanding of menopause for all. When our hormones […]
Sussex Wildlife Trusts’s WildCall Officer Charlotte Owen has been writing this week about the top five ways to help hedgehogs at this time of year. Here’s what she has to say. With the nights beginning to draw in hedgehogs are now preparing for hibernation. This means they’ll be busy ensuring they have enough fuel to […]
Once again with grateful thanks to those who compose the Derelict in the UK website and social media pages we bring you another pub, this time The Kings Head in Rye Road. Derelict in the UK say it was difficult to find out much history of the The Kings Head although the first mention they […]
Old town homeware shop A G Hendy & Co, that offers practical plastic free, eco-friendly goods for the home, has been named on the shortlist of retailers in the running to be named Britain’s Best Small Shop of 2020. Owner Alastair Hendy says the shop: “Celebrates domesticity, taking the customer on a sensory journey in-store,” […]
With a grant of £71,187 from the Culture Recovery Fund The Stables Theatre and Art Gallery says the cash recognises the presence it is forging in the local community. Chairman Neil Sellman says: “This grant is a fantastic lifeline and secures not just the future for the theatre but recognises the presence the Stables is […]
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 […]
Hastings rockers Kid Kapichi have finished their long-awaited debut album – and are releasing it without record label support. The group produced This Time Next Year during lockdown and will be making it available in February to coincide with a European tour. However, fans can get a sneak preview of how it will sound as […]
