On Saturday Hastings Museum and Art Gallery will open its new exhibition What’s in the Box? Exploring Natural Science Collections – virtually of course. This is the first of three What’s in the Box projects, with the initial Exploring Natural Science Collections comprising of the museum collections and a community engagement project with East Sussex […]
Historic England’s High Street Tales – a new podcast series and e-book – features a new story from Hastings writer, Robin Pridy Hastings podcast episode was released on Wednesday (March 10th) In Borrowed Ground, writer Robin Pridy has combined Hastings’ familiar places with the stories and memories of local people, to turn the town’s Trinity Triangle into the backdrop […]
It has been a very difficult year for all who work in the arts, coping with the Covid restrictions, false starts and the constant uncertainty to our industry writes Neil Sellman Chairman of The Stables Theatre. But here at the Stables we have been working behind the scenes to maintain the theatre, carrying out essential […]
It’s always great to know that people are reading what you write and by the beginning of this week I was in no doubt people had been reading last week’s Sunday Supplement that turned the spotlight on the work of our borough council when it comes to planning matters writes Stuart Baillie. It wasn’t just […]
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. Spring is upon us. Winter – […]
To celebrate World Book Day yesterday, Hastings charity Education Futures Trust gifted 3,600 new books to children in Hastings thanks to a partnership with the National Literacy Trust Hub. The books were distributed to children to help encourage a love for reading. Education Futures Trust works with families and children across Hastings and St Leonards […]
‘I can forgive but I can’t forget.’ Those words attributed to the 19th century American clergyman Henry Ward Beecher (and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin) will be familiar to many of us. Perhaps we have even used them. Offering genuine forgiveness is not easy and it can sometimes be difficult […]
Once again we’re dipping in to the work of ‘Modernity Mark’ with a selection of photographs from the former Palace Hotel on Hastings seafront taken in 2014. Mark is also able to provide some detailed history of the hotel and explains the architectural and design features that make the building stand out as a architectural […]
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