Louise Coulthard | Get Hastings Magazine

Louise Coulthard
Writer

Louise is an ambitious and motivated multi-award-winning writer living in Hastings.

Originally a writer for stage and screen, she’s also a copy/content writer with 6+ years of experience. Her first article was for The Independent in 2018 and since then she’s written web copywriting, social media marketing, blogs, high-quality SEO-friendly content and several articles for Get Hastings.

Her experience in theatre and film has meant she’s adept at creating exciting, imaginative ways to communicate and sell your ideas. With a passion for community and the arts, she particularly loves working with small businesses and is reputable for her down-to-earth, warm and friendly tone.

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Fur Dos

‘This is just like any other salon’ I think to myself as I trot through the door… scissors snipping, clippers clipping, background chit chat and the underlying hum of hairdryers… but then I notice a member of staff is wearing ear defenders, and one of the little clients is what I can only describe as ‘butt-scooting’ across the floor with glee. I’ve booked into Tails of St Leonards, a local destination for pampered pets, and which this little Shih Tzu evidently thinks is the h

Fat Tuesday

Mardi-Gras, Carnevale, Pancake-Day… wherever you are or whatever you call it… in the Christian tradition it’s a day to consume all your treats and celebrate before midnight, because from tomorrow (Ash Wednesday) you’ve got to be on your best behaviour until Easter Sunday

Maria McErlane

‘To keep balance, you must keep moving’. It’s Einstein’s words that Maria McErlane quotes in her recent memoir Bumps in the Road, and which are particularly apt for this woman whizzing about our town.

Leave No Tit Behind

It’s the motto imprinted on badges, flags and the forearms (I like to imagine) of soggy folk across the land. Emma proudly declared it as I joined her for coffee, along with the rest of the St Leonards Blue Tits… Blue Bells or Mermaids.

Allotments: A Day in the Sun

The importance of having land designated or communities to grow food on is a long-standing British tradition. In World War II we were digging for victory on allotments, in 1845 the Victorians passed laws compelling local authorities to provide them, in fear of a peasants’ revolt and even the Anglo-Saxons had them.