Nabucco at the White Rock, Hastings – Loved it!

Just a quick note about a bit of local culture…. at the weekend we went to see Nabucco at the White Rock Theatre, put on by Opera South East.  Heaven knows, I have been to…

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Those funny lamp posts on the Stade open space…

Does anyone else find those big wooden lamp posts on the Stade open space really unsympathetic?       The Philosopher and I were having coffee in the Eat cafe on the Stade this morning – a…

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Half-term blues….

Now we have moved to the seaside, our grand-daughter wants to come down from Brum and stay…. all very well in the summer, but possibly not so great in the February half-term.       In fact,…

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Saving Hastings Pier – is the project dead in the water?

 ‘Everyone Loves the Pier’ proclaim the few faded, dog-eared notices left around the town.Maybe, but love won’t last without decent communication or any evidence of positive action.      As a newcomer to Hastings, I can’t…

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Snowy Hastings

Snow, snow, snow…. Grey leaden sky looks set for more, too.  Best sights on our outing today – a 4 x 4 forging up Harold Road pulling two young girls, shrieking with delight, on a…

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