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The Chalybeate Springs and Healing Waters of Hastings

Exploration of the natural springs and healing waters of Hastings

Posted byJohn Bostock24th Nov 202225th Nov 2022Posted inLocal History, Tales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:chalybeate, healing waters, spa towns, springs, water2 Comments on The Chalybeate Springs and Healing Waters of Hastings

The Hastings Variation

The Story of how Hastings became the Chess Capital of the UK

Posted byJohn Bostock27th Sep 202227th Sep 2022Posted inLife on the Edge, Tales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Brassey institute, Chess, Hastings, Hastings Chess Congress, QueensGambit, Vera Menchik, White rock theatre3 Comments on The Hastings Variation

Rocks in the Landscape

The story of a unique garden with a history involving Pennsylvania, ancient rocks and a cast of poets , writers and artists.

Posted byJohn Bostock27th Aug 202227th Aug 2022Posted inArt and Artists, Local HistoryTags:Bloomsbury, Penns Rocks, Pennsylvania, Quakers, The WealdLeave a comment on Rocks in the Landscape

The Wreck of the Amsterdam

The story of the tragic voyage of the Dutch cargo ship ‘The Amsterdam’ and its subsequent shipwreck on Bulverhythe Beach in 1749.

Posted byJohn Bostock19th Jul 202219th Jul 2022Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Bulverhythe, Hastings, shipwrecks, St Leonards, WreckoftheAmsterdam1 Comment on The Wreck of the Amsterdam

The Strange Tale of Whistler’s Mother

How the subject of one of the World’s best known paintings, spent the last few years of her life in Hastings

Posted byJohn Bostock19th Jun 202219th Jun 2022Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Art, Hastings, James Whistler, Whistler's MotherLeave a comment on The Strange Tale of Whistler’s Mother

Borderlands – Between Strand and Sea

These are the borderlands between strand and sea, a constantly changing landscape of endless possibilities.

Posted byJohn Bostock3rd May 20226th Dec 2022Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Art, Borderlands, Bulverhythe, Skagen, St Ives, St LeonardsLeave a comment on Borderlands – Between Strand and Sea

The Ghosts of Lamb House

The Ghosts of Lamb House in the Medieval Town of Rye

Posted byJohn Bostock26th Mar 2022Posted inArt and Artists, Life on the Edge, Tales of Hastings and St Leonards, Writing and Writers2 Comments on The Ghosts of Lamb House

The Boy who Loved the Sea

When Paula Rego brought her stories to Hastings

Posted byJohn Bostock17th Feb 202217th Feb 2022Posted inArt and ArtistsTags:Art, Hastings, Hastings Contemporary, Paula Rego1 Comment on The Boy who Loved the Sea

The Crumbling Cliffs of St. Leonards (and other tales)

The story of the Unstable cliffs of West St. Leonards

Posted byJohn Bostock16th Jan 202216th Jan 2022Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Burton St Leonards, Decimus Burton, Geology, George Eliot, Hastings, Hockney, James Burton, Keats, Smuggling, St Leonards7 Comments on The Crumbling Cliffs of St. Leonards (and other tales)

Pre-Raphaelites at the Seaside

The story of how the Pre-Raphaelite artists were inspired by Hastings and the surrounding countryside.

Posted byJohn Bostock30th Nov 202130th Nov 2021Posted inArt and Artists, Tales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Edward Lear, Hastings, Holman Hunt, Lizzie Siddal, Millais, Pre-Raphaelite, Rossetti, St LeonardsLeave a comment on Pre-Raphaelites at the Seaside

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