Culture

In our latest issue we celebrate 'Mackerel Day' a natural phenomenon and a sustainable seafood choice, according to the Wild Life Trust.

“Why!? What’s he done?” Louisa, the landlady of the Tower pub asks when I mention that we’d like to take some photos to go with my interview of James Endeacott, the...

Get Hastings caught up with Keith Leech MBE and founder of Hastings' iconic folk-festival Jack in the Green, deep-rooted in traditional 18th-century celebrations to ring in the beginning of summer.

It’s the motto imprinted on badges, flags and the forearms (I like to imagine) of soggy folk across the land. Meet St Leonards Blue Tits, Blue Bells and Mermaids!

‘Never eat shredded wheat!’ a helpful person yelled to aid with the confusion of which side of the pillar was South West and which was North East. It was a sunny...

Born and bred Hastonian, Steph Warren is one of the United Kingdom’s leading authorities on the graffiti and street art movement, having worked with both Banksy and Ben Eine back in...

Is he a mint with a hole? (No, but he does carry them around in his pocket). Is he a German hatchback or a game for posh people on horseback? No!...

When you think of the word ‘muse’, several people come to mind: a mid-nineties rock band, obviously Kate Moss in all her forms, the Pre Raphaelite poser, Elizabeth Sidall and last...

It’s all weird and unsettling enough, but it’s only once you arrive at the black heart of the place, The Chapel, that it fully hits you: a horrible feeling, an atmosphere...

Talented musician, Hastings-born Bev Lee Harling recently discovered her rich heritage of centuries old fishing family roots in Hastings