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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

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

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 Leonards9 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 trade5 Comments on Secret Hastings – A Tale of Two Churches (Part 2)

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 Coates4 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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