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Barby Keel Animal Sanctuary: Everything’s going to the dogs… and the other animals
Yes, it's Barby Keel - the 90-year-old woman who l am quite confident in calling a local legend and fully-fledged superhero. She has owned and run her non-profit charity in Bexhill since 1971; a sanctuary providing homes for abused, abandoned and unwanted animals.
Grace Latter
Mar 45 min read


There is nothin’ like a dame!
Oh no, there isn’t!
Pantomime audiences at The White Rock Theatre’s Jack and the Beanstalk are in for a real treat this Christmas. I know this first-hand, as I was lucky to spend a side-splitting day last week with Mark Two, the traditional pantomime dame playing Dame Tilly Trott. Mark Two is appearing as part of a talented panto cast including Richard Blackwood as Jack and Tim McArthur returning as Fleshcreep by popular demand. The whole theatre is being transformed fo
Suzanne Bird
Dec 11, 20254 min read


Game, Set and Match
Alexandra Park has been awarded the best tennis Park Venue of the Year and Hastings based Joe Adams has won Coach of the Year at the Lawn Tennis Association Awards. In light of these awards, Get Hastings chatted with Joe and Ross Cudmore, who coach from the park, to find out how they’re breaking the exclusivity of tennis and proving anyone can play.
Sadie Pitcher
Aug 20, 20255 min read


How We Met: David and Victoria
This is the story of how David Weir (CBE & British multi gold medal paralympic wheelchair athlete) met his wife Victoria and how after mutual disastrous relationships, they created a happy, blended family down on the South Coast.
Kathy Foley
Feb 8, 20243 min read
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