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New bookshop in town
Shock! Horror! New bookshop opens! As small bookstores struggle to survive in the shadow of the Amazon monolith, Chris Connelley applauds a new local business that bucks the national trend. The recent...
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St Leonards rummage
A Rummage round St Leonard’s with the Battleaxe St Leonard’s is a browser’s mecca – everything from very upmarket arty galleries to basic junk. Hastings Battleaxe reviews antiques vintage shops and...
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St Leonards on the up
St Leonards on the up Chris Connelley is UPbeat about UP- and- coming St Leonards, as it prepares to host a major weekend of art and design. Leading the way is UPmarket, a designers’ and makers’ fair...
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UpMarket Makers Fair
St Leonards goes UpMarket This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, St Leonards is celebrating the wealth of world-class designer makers that live in the area. There’s not one, but three designer maker events...
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iDLEHANDS & CO pop-up
IDLEHANDS & CO pop-up shop Over the coming Easter weekend, iDLEHAND’s creations are on display at a pop-up shop in Hastings town centre. Jess Parker went to feel the quality of the cloth.…
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St Leonards Central
New St Leonards store hits the spot On a lazy summer mooch across town, HOT’s Chris Connelley discovered a new retail treasure at Marine Court. When we think of spending time in St Leonards, most of...
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Susan Diamond interviewed
Diamond anniversary Exactly one year ago, the Kings Road in St Leonards was made a little bit like Chelsea by the arrival of Susan Diamond’s boutique. To celebrate, she is hosting a ‘Walk on the Wild...
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Fairlight Plant Fair
Come to the fair! Fairlight Hall is always worth a visit by the keen gardener, if only to see how the expert gardening staff under head gardener, Peter Godwin, succeed in producing a new display for...
View ArticleBlack Friday blues
Down with Black Friday, up with Frost Fayre! Black Friday, yet another clarion call to spend, spend, spend from Big Commerce, is not to every retailer’s taste. St Leonard’s Central
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Free bookshop raises funds for charity
Free bookshop raises funds for charity A dynamic group of volunteers has taken over an empty shop in Devonshire Road, Bexhill, and filled it with free books to encourage people
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Battleaxe Garden Centres
Best garden centres and nurseries near Hastings Hastings Online Times is pleased to welcome another occasional blog – Stephanie Gaunt, aka Battleaxe, visits many garden centres and nurseries at
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Brace yourself! ‘Black Friday’ beckons
Brace yourself! Black Friday beckons Christmas will soon be with us. Who knew? The TV ads are doing battle to decide which is the cutest, and whether cuteness can convert
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New bookshop in town
Books v. handbags Now summer is over and the nights are drawing in, what better way to spend your evenings than curling up in a chair and exploring the
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21st century sexism
Gender stereotyping in local shops A few weeks ago, HOT journalist Esme Needham went round most of the big supermarkets from Hastings to Hollington, taking photos of baby clothes, toys,
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Discoveries on Queens Road
Discoveries on Queens Road Queens Road is a part of Hastings that has been a long time in regeneration. Now it looks like the balance might be tipping in it’s
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Alladin HOT reporter STAPH was entranced by a magic emporium Alladin’s Cave is a name that’s rather come down in the world from the magic treasure house of Sheherazade to
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Who owns this building?
Who owns this building? Pictured above is the Old Halton Post Office on Priory Road, and below is how it used to look. Hastings Borough Council have issued this request
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Christmas Wishes
Christmas show has transformed the Weekend Gallery into Aladdin’s cave. The more enterprising of us are already thinking about Christmas. Christmas shopping can be a total nightmare, and HOT reporter
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New Sara Lee Trust shop opens
New Sara Lee Trust shop opens The Sara Lee Trust’s new community charity shop at 35 Sedlescombe Road North in Silverhill is open for business, contributing to the excellent work
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‘Crowd-sourced’ book needs your thrifty tips!
‘Crowd-sourced’ book needs your thrifty tips! Are you a stickler for recycling materials, enjoy up-cycling items others would rather discard and know how to get the most out of every
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Hastings Etsy Team
Support local crafters Etsy team member Caroline Ellis tells us how you can support local crafters and makers by buying from them online. Etsy is an e-commerce website focused on
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Hastings begins to open up
Hastings begins to open up Hastings took an important step towards reopening on Saturday as step three of the government’s relaxation of lockdown restrictions came into effect. The council issued
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Shopping locally and supporting your town
Shopping locally and supporting your town Shop Local – usually a sticker seen in shop windows or a hashtag to try a promote community well being and solidarity, but also
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Good news from the Mews
Good news from the Mews HOT’s resident shopaholic Chris Connelley finds much to admire at the improved St Andrews Mews, not to mention a spooky Halloween experience with a difference.
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Hastings gets its first best before store
Hastings gets its first best before store HOT’s Judy Parkinson usually has her head in the art world, and as she strolled along George Street, a window display stopped her
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