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hastings
The Strange and the Familiar: Seaside Super8
LOCATION: Hastings, East Sussex FILM: Featuring the work of Mark French, Richard Heslop, Kate Adams, Nick Pilton, Nichola Bruce, Rebecca Marshall, …
Radical Victorian Hastings & The Birth of Women’s Suffrage
LOCATION: East Sussex WORDS: Gareth E. Rees In the mid-nineteenth century, Hastings was one of the only towns in …
Between Place & Imagination
WORDS: Gareth E. Rees This is a transcript of my talk at the Walking Inside Out Symposium, an event in …
Salvation Army Soundclash
LOCATION: East Sussex WORDS: Ben Thompson I first saw the flyer for the Salvation Army Soundclash in a Clive Vale launderette. …
Britain’s Subterranean Ham Chambers & Why I Love My local Trophy Shop
LOCATION: Hastings WORDS: Gareth E. Rees When I was 12 I fell off my bike and lost all my maths. …
The Unofficial Queen of England
LOCATION: Hastings WORDS: Gareth E. Rees I came across this story in the book Hastings of Bygone Days – and the …
A Sacred Fake: the Mystery of the Minnis Rock
LOCATION: Hastings, East Sussex WORDS: Gareth E. Rees East Hill, a promontory of the South Downs: rolling green contours on …
Same Result Every Year: A Day Out in 1066 Country
LOCATION: Battle, East Sussex WORDS: Gary Budden recounts his merry day out at a Battle of Hastings reenactment It’s hard to ignore the …
The Mystery of the Black Arches: an 18th Century Sussex Hoax
LOCATION: Hastings, East Sussex WORDS: Gareth E. Rees East Hill is a high promontory overlooking Hastings Old Town. From the top …
Dead Cats, Cold Curry & a Broken Heart at The Stag
By Gareth E. Rees LOCATION: Hastings It’s a wintry Wednesday night at The Stag, a Tudor pub in the old …