On Tuesday 30 June, five people travelled to Westminster from Hastings to attend a lobby of MPs to signal the growing public concern with the ongoing killing of Palestinian people in Gaza and throughout the West Bank. One of the five, Felicity Laurence, a member of Hastings Jews for Justice, reports. The five Hastings & St Leonards residents who travelled to Westminster on 30 June to try and speak with Helena Dollimore. Photo: Felicity Laurence We had all written to our MP Helena Dollimore:...

Max Baillie and friends explore the extremes of human emotion in a performance of Beethoven’s op 132, raising £3,500 for Medical Aid for Palestine By Richard Wistreich Professor of Music History, Royal College of Music The concert on Tuesday, 14 October, jointly organised by local world-class violinist Max Baillie and Felicity Laurence of Hastings Jews for Justice to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians, was a huge success. Not only has at least £3,500 gone to the charity, but the...