When the weather turned nice Tom McCann took his camera, went for a walk and considered all that Hastings means to him. The weather was lovely earlier in the week, for the first time in a very long time you could really feel that things are getting better – like a little bit of June […]
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. After losing an hour in […]
People visiting East Sussex’s spectacular coastline are being urged to stay safe this spring and summer. The council is reminding visitors of the serious risks the unstable cliffs pose to those getting too close to the edge or walking at the base of the cliffs, and the dangers to beach walkers who risk getting cut […]
Main photograph by David Myers Photography Radio is booming these days and with that boom has come a range of new stations the latest of which, Boom Radio, will be broadcasting from a front room near you later this afternoon. At 2pm every Saturday Hastings’ very own Jenny Hanley takes to the Boom airwaves for […]
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 […]
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 […]
