These are the borderlands between strand and sea, a constantly changing landscape of endless possibilities.
Author Archives: John Bostock
The Ghosts of Lamb House
The Ghosts of Lamb House in the Medieval Town of Rye
The Boy who Loved the Sea
When Paula Rego brought her stories to Hastings
The Crumbling Cliffs of St. Leonards (and other tales)
The story of the Unstable cliffs of West St. Leonards
Pre-Raphaelites at the Seaside
The story of how the Pre-Raphaelite artists were inspired by Hastings and the surrounding countryside.
Secret Hastings – A Tale of Two Churches (Part 2)
Secret Hastings – The story of Hasting’s Oldest church, now a picturesque ruin.
A Visit to the Temple of Art
A flying visit to the National Gallery in London
Ode to the Seagull
How I learnt to know and love Seagulls
Secret Hastings – A Tale of Two Churches (Part 1)
Secret Hastings – A hidden Church in a wood and a graveyard full of stories
The Priest Who Loved Fossils
How Hastings inspired Teilhard de Chardin in his spiritual quest