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Andy McConnell, the entertaining glass specialist from Antiques Roadshow, is giving a talk in St Leonards next month to raise funds for Sussex Wildlife Trust’s new Discovery Centre at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. Andy is local, he lives in Winchelsea, and the talk is taking place in the Masonic Hall in St Leonards on July... Continue Reading →
Hastings Adventure Golf played host to five separate television news crews, The Daily Telegraph, BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio 4 at the weekend as the eyes of the world were focussed on the town for the World Crazy Golf Championships. Marc Chapman was crowned World Crazy Golf Champion for the second year running. The championships saw the... Continue Reading →
Teamwork is the key to staging productions at the Stables Theatre which is in the midst of its 60th anniversary celebrations this month writes Lynda Foy. Frank Jenks, one of the volunteers who is working on the set for the Chicago Heights Drama Group’s satire which opens at the theatre next Friday (June 21st), said: “It is very... Continue Reading →
Elder Abuse Awareness Day Tomorrow is Elder Abuse Awareness Day and Sussex Police is reminding older people and their families and carers, that it is important to stay on the alert for attempts to defraud them. Whether through couriers, doorstep callers, computers and telephones, investment offers, dating sites, by someone close to them or through... Continue Reading →
Schools might have gone back this morning after the half-term holiday but local youngsters were never short of something to do while they were off. More than 200 of them enjoyed a wide range of activities last week as part of Active Hastings’ half term programme. Things to do included crazy golf, trampolining, crafts, roller... Continue Reading →
Top jazz musicians Sarah Jane Morris and Gwyneth Herbert are headlining at this year’s Festival by the Lake on Sunday June 23rd between noon and 8pm, in the beautiful surroundings of Ashburnham Place, near Battle. Also on the bill are Hastings’ popular Afrobeat band Samaki, Juliet Russell and the Vocal Explosion Choir, Syrian trio Jamal,... Continue Reading →
Last month's piano recital by Margaret Fingerhut at The Stables Theatre raised almost £1,000 for Hastings Community of Sanctuary. The money will allow the group to further the work it does supporting refugees living locally. The Hastings recital was just one stop on a national tour for Ms Fingerhut. The show called Far from the Home... Continue Reading →
Volunteers are helping the public to mark an important milestone in the history of Stables Theatre writes Lynda Foy. They are selling T-shirts, bottles of wine and other memorabilia to highlight the Diamond Jubilee of the Stables Theatre and Arts Centre in The Bourne. The 60th anniversary in June will also be celebrated by the visit of... Continue Reading →
When you've been entrusted with the responsibility for a grade II listed former church built in the neo-classical style in the early 19th century and occupying a high profile position on the seafront you could be excused for being a little apprehensive – the trustees of St Mary in the Castle, however, are far from... Continue Reading →
