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Borderlands – Between Strand and Sea

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

Posted byJohn Bostock3rd May 20224th May 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 Leonards5 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

Secret Hastings – A Tale of Two Churches (Part 2)

Secret Hastings – The story of Hasting’s Oldest church, now a picturesque ruin.

Posted byJohn Bostock24th Oct 202126th Oct 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Brisco, Churchyards, General James Murray, Hastings, Slave trade4 Comments on Secret Hastings – A Tale of Two Churches (Part 2)

A Visit to the Temple of Art

A flying visit to the National Gallery in London

Posted byJohn Bostock28th Sep 202128th Sep 2021Posted inArt and ArtistsTags:Art History, National Gallery, RenaissanceLeave a comment on A Visit to the Temple of Art

Ode to the Seagull

How I learnt to know and love Seagulls

Posted byJohn Bostock26th Aug 202129th Aug 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Hastings, Ornithology, seagulls, St Leonards2 Comments on Ode to the Seagull

Secret Hastings – A Tale of Two Churches (Part 1)

Secret Hastings – A hidden Church in a wood and a graveyard full of stories

Posted byJohn Bostock3rd Aug 202124th Oct 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Augustus Pugin, Charles Lamb, Churchyards, Hastings, St Leonards, Wells Coates2 Comments on Secret Hastings – A Tale of Two Churches (Part 1)

The Priest Who Loved Fossils

How Hastings inspired Teilhard de Chardin in his spiritual quest

Posted byJohn Bostock13th Jul 202129th Aug 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Evolution, Fossils, Hastings, Jesuits, Piltdown manLeave a comment on The Priest Who Loved Fossils

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