Was Hastings cursed by the occultist Aleister Crowley? Much has been written about Aleister Crowley, the famous dabbler in ‘sex magick’. He reached the end of his days in a boarding house on The Ridge in 1947 – he’d run out of money and he’d run out of friends. The Victorian house known as Netherwood […]
Spare a thought for Old Humphrey. In case you are wondering, Old Humphrey was one of the pen names used by George Mogridge, a very popular religious writer in the 19th century and who remains popular in some countries today. Alas, he is virtually forgotten in Hastings despite Old Humphrey Avenue just off All Saints Street […]
Hastings drag queen, Paris Grande, brought the town’s ‘Pride’ to a care home’s back garden in a celebration of diversity and inclusion. Paris, together with Kikiara George and Nicole Grande from the Hastings Queer Collective, brought a rainbow of colour, dancing and singing to residents at Hastings Court Care Home on The Ridge. Lifestyles Manager, Kimberley […]
False! Menopause affects everyone! Not everyone goes through it but hands up if you know a woman… Exactly! Picture this… I set off for a local breakfast networking meeting, ready to share, listen, speak and flog some HotWomenAtMenopause literature. I’m hoping for a chance to raise further awareness and offer support. I arrive at the golf club […]
‘Can archdeacons go to heaven?’ was a question that exercised medieval minds because it was this rank of the clergy – between the parish clergy and the bishop – which dealt with financial matters. Today’s archdeacons remain concerned with matters of finance and buildings but I hope that the current Archdeacon of Hastings – whose […]
Whether back to school or still at work, are you, your family, children, friends and colleagues menopause savvy? For most of us in the UK this summer, the weather’s not been great – but September has arrived, bathed in soft warmth and sunshine, marking the autumn equinox and the beginning of the academic year. And […]
Almost three years ago we published a profile of Battle based wrestler Tarnya Allen as she recalled her career, a career that she freely admitted hadn’t got off to the best of starts. While today Tarnya’s alter-ego Skarlett is one of the biggest names on the UK professional wrestling circuit it could all have been […]
Born and brought up in Hastings where the sea was a perennial backdrop to his life Richard Prior is an adventurer in the true sense; he has motorbiked down to Israel, he has sailed the oceans under sail and he has bought and restored his own craft. Richard says as a child he spent a […]
When Lottie Conway woke up in hospital in April 2020 she hadn’t a clue where she was, or how she got there but that wasn’t all she didn’t know because it slowly began to dawn on her that her memories had been wiped – it was then she began to feel scared, very scared. The […]
