Stephanie Gaunt has adopted the alter-ego ‘Hastings Battleaxe’ and on her own blog expresses her forthright views and opinions on a range of topics. Stephaine says, ‘Hastings Battleaxe does set out to be honest, but that means the posts do include the expression of some strong opinions – well, she wouldn’t be a Battleaxe otherwise, […]
Hastings hidden heritage will become a little less hidden in the next couple of years thanks to almost £300,000 of National Lottery funding. Environmental charity Groundwork South, working in partnership with Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has just received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £277,000 to launch a project called Hidden Hastings Heritage. The project will […]
Hastings Greenway Group will be walking again this weekend, on Sunday 28th, heading through the Ore Valley. The walk starts at 2.30pm at Ore Station. The walk will then follow the route designated in the Local Plan up to Speckled Wood via Hurrell Road, and returning via Broomgrove back to the station. There will be a […]
In December we carried a story detailing the level of allowances paid to members of Hastings Borough Council (HBC), the 32 men and women elected almost a year ago to represent your views on local issues. So, as we approach the first anniversary of those council elections, when all 32 seats on HBC were being […]
Thirty years after it first premiered in London, Hastings’ Stables theatre presents Shadowlands next month, a powerful and compelling play about C.S. Lewis and his wife, American poet, Joy Davidman. Lewis is perhaps most well known for his successful series of Narnia books he wrote for children, but he was also a member of The […]
When Miriam Margolyes came to Hastings to make a film with Coffin Club’s Kate Tym and Kate Dyer she only planned to visit once but she enjoyed the experience so much she’s been back not just once, but twice and has even become the charity’s Patron “Miriam and her film crew came along to our […]
The weather over Easter weekend just highlighted what a stunning location we live in and here, courtesy of Peter Norman we bring you some fantastic shots of the town in celebration of our environment. If you have any photographs you’d like to share with Hastings In Focus readers email them to tellmeyourstory@hastingsinfocus.co.uk or send them via […]
Hastings means so many things to so many people. This series of articles began with one young man explaining his hopes and fears for his hometown and here Irmina Corder explains why she has come ‘home’ to Hastings, after 50 years, having been one of the town’s ‘hysterical, backcombed, swirling-petticoated teenagers’ in the 1960s. This […]
Local Explorer Scout Ryan Kent met the Mayor of Hastings, Councillor Nigel Sinden, to accept some town badges ahead of his trip to the 24th World Scout Jamboree later this year. Ryan is one of eight Explorer scouts from Hastings chosen to be among the lucky few to represent the UK after a long and […]
