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Gulls -the next generation
What are they squawking about? It must be the birth of the new generation. Stephanie Gaunt, aka Hastings Battleaxe reports. Many Hastingas don’t like seagulls. Oddly enough Battleaxe is quite fond of...
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Opera Garden Party
Opera garden party fulfils a dream At the Way Forward meeting last night, Mandy Curtis from 18 hours told local residents about this year’s extended St Leonards Festival and why she wanted to add a...
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St Leonards Festival
Young producers plan St Leonards Festival Meet Will Baxter, one of the young producers who are responsible for programming this year’s St Leonards Festival. Will grew up in St Leonards and has attended...
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Bottle Alley Bike Bomb
Bottle Alley Bike Bomb This Coastal Currents weekend has been a busy one. Bev Francis [HOT Style reporter] took part in the Pier to Eternity illuminated bike ride. Our sound system DJ for the evening...
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Frost Fair through JJ Waller’s eyes
Warm welcome for the Frost Fair Christmas came early for St Leonards, in the form of the Frost Parade and Frost Fair on Saturday 28 November. As always on important occasions, HOT’s favourite...
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Make New Year’s Eve Outrageous!
A New Year’s Eve revolution for St Leonards HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths asks all those questions we are all too afraid to ask about the Outrageous Decadence Party – like – what is it?…
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Golden ST Leonards
Mardi Gras Gold Bevali Francis interviews Maika Crampton about the recent crowning of The Mardi Gras Monarch. This year’s Mardi Gras was bigger than ever before and one of the highlights was the Mardi...
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The Big Lunch and The Pocket Park
The Big Lunch at the Pocket Park In conjunction with Asda, Better Braybrooke will be holding another fun-filled family event at The Pocket Park in Hughenden Road, Hastings. There will be arts &...
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A frenzy of fish, food, wine and song!
A frenzy of fish, food, wine and song Saturday 20 June marks the start of nine days of fish, food and drink-related festivities. Erica Smith tries to work out where the fishy festival ends and the...
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Sea Shanty Festival
Hastings Shanty Festival Returns The Hastings Shanty Festival is now a much prized hardy perennial in the Hastings festival calendar and has now gained widespread acclaim in the world of shanty singing.…
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St Leonards Festival organiser sought
St Leonards Festival organiser sought Hastings Borough Council is seeking an organisation or individuals to manage all aspects of the St Leonards Festival. Might this be you or your company?
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Kosmic Krash at Herstmonceux
Space is the Place This Sunday, 11 August, there will be an extraordinary perseid meteor shower – and the best place to watch it from is the ’60s-space-age-retro-glamour of Herstmonceux
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Freelance Works Do
The Freelance Works Do Work on your own? Fed up with never having a Christmas party? Pulling your own cracker? Snogging yourself in the stationery cupboard? Not at all surprised
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Gulls -the next generation
What are they squawking about? It must be the birth of the new generation. Stephanie Gaunt, aka Hastings Battleaxe reports. Many Hastingas don’t like seagulls. Oddly enough Battleaxe is
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‘Orrible murder in bell tower…
Murder in the Belfry – a murder mystery fundraiser The evil Dr Black has been brutally murdered. With his reputation for going out of his way to upset people, there
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Sun 15 Jan is Martin Luther King Jr Day Ever since Claudine Eccleston moved to Hastings about four years ago, she has hosted a house party to celebrate Martin Luther
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St Leonards’ very own festival
This weekend: St Leonards’ very own festival! Make a diary date for the coming Friday and Saturday because there will be entertainment and fun things to do all around central
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JJ Waller’s Festival
JJ Waller reviews St Leonards Festival in pictures and words Friend of HOT and photographer JJ Waller has been photographing St Leonards for over a decade. The photos here document
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Disco Love In
Spread the LOVE on Bank Holiday Sunday It’s been a while since Dan and Neil from Zeroh have held one of their amazing party nights, so they thought they’d throw
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Hastings Pride
Hastings Pride takes over The Oval After last year’s mini-Pride taster, Hastings Pride has shaped up into a Rainbow Extravaganza for Bank Holiday Sunday. This year, the action kicks off
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