‘Beloved Clara’ at St Mary in the Castle

‘Beloved Clara’ was a musical/dramatic event about Clara Schumann, arranged by Lucy Parham, starring Sir Simon Russell Beale and Lesley Sharp. What were such luminaries doing in Hastings on a Sunday afternoon in November? Well,…

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Poetry and song with Hastings Battleaxe

Earlier this week I was one  of a group of poets participating in a poetry and song event at The Beacon, on the West Hill, part of  ‘The Challenge of Change’, a series of events…

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Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition – and shanty singers. Musical contrasts!

Yes, it was time again for us to pile into the White Rock theatre with half of Hastings for the two-night final of the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition. I’ve written about it plenty of…

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