Better news for Hastings
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... Continue Reading →
There's a very special concert being staged at The Stables Theatre later this month called Far from the Home I Love featuring internationally renowned pianist Margaret Fingerhut. Described by Gramophone magazine as a pianist of 'consummate skill and thrilling conviction', she has a distinguished career which has taken her all over the world. She is particularly... Continue Reading →
One of the most notable Britpop/Rock bands from the 1990s is playing in Hastings on Friday – Republica is hedlining at The Crypt. The band notched up sales of over 3m albums, had top five success in the UK, US and Europe and achieved platinum sales worldwide – their biggest selling single in the UK... Continue Reading →
White Liars is a one-act play first performed in 1967 originally titled White Lies, it was written by Peter Shaffer to precede the 1967 Broadway production of his farce Black Comedy. White Liars revolves around Sophie Lemberg, an eccentric and disillusioned fortune teller – who imagines herself to be a baroness of the Holy Roman... Continue Reading →
The Stables Theatre celebrates the 60th anniversary of its opening this year and there is a packed programme of events to celebrate the occasion. The history of the theatre and how it came in to existence in the first place is a fascinating one. Here, in the first of a series of features about The... Continue Reading →
The ‘spiritual home of mini golf’ on Hastings seafront will be hosting World Crazy Golf Championships this summer for the 17th year in a row. Entry is now open for the event which, for the first time in its history, is including a new junior competition just for children. Taking place at Hastings Adventure Golf... Continue Reading →
Over the past few months I have been talking about the necessity of exploring ideas and generating new solutions to how we become a happier, healthier and more sustainable town into the 2020s and as part of this I am delighted to introduce the Common Treasury of Adaptable Ideas. In the summer of 2018, through... Continue Reading →
It's almost a year since we first wrote about Extreme World Wrestling – at the time we said the Hastings based wrestlers were playing a big part in the revival of the sport in the UK. Well the march of EWW under Stu and Tarnya Allen continues. The EWW crew is just back from a... Continue Reading →
There's a rather anonymous white marble statue in West Marina Gardens and back in April we heard that local man Ian Jarman was raising money to preserve it. But what was the statue all about, even people who had lived all their lives in Hastings and St Leonards were far from sure what it represented... Continue Reading →
