The saga of Harold Hardrada narrates his expedition to the East, his brilliant exploits in Constantinople, Syria, and Sicily, his skaldic accomplishments, and his battles in England against Harold Godwinson, the son of Earl Godwin, where he fell at Stamford Bridge in 1066 only a few days before Harold himself fell at the battle of Hastings.

Although Wesley and the majority of his followers were decidedly Arminian in their theological outlook, George Whitefield, Howell Harris, and Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon were notable for being Calvinistic Methodists, and the Presbyterian Church of Wales originated from the preaching of Harris and Whitfield.

William spent most of his time in England between the Battle of Hastings and 1072, and after that spent the majority of his time in Normandy.

The majority of huscarls in the kingdom were killed at Hastings in 1066, and William the Conqueror granted Hanworth to Robert under Roger de Montgomery, the Earl of Arundel.

Surveys have indicated that the majority of local people in the Hastings and Bexhill area support the scheme for the economic regeneration benefits it will bring, and resent interference by environmental groups based outside the area.

However Hastings was returned for Wallsend with a majority of 2, 823 in the 1922 general election.

Hastings himself was re-elected without difficulty, increasing his majority.

Hastings was again returned for Wallsend at the ensuing election, despite the crisis caused by the Zinoviev Letter, although with a reduced majority.

The NDP won a majority government in the 1990 provincial election, and Johnson was elected over Progressive Conservative candidate Don Bonter by about 1, 000 votes in the renamed riding of Prince Edward — Lennox — South Hastings ( MacDonald finished third ).

In the short story The Chocolate Box ( 1923 ) Poirot provides Captain Arthur Hastings with an account of what he considers to be his only failure.

In the introduction to the 1967 edition of the book, Elliot Schaffer notes that in his short lifetime James Hunt is said to have treated over 1, 700 cases of speech impediment, firstly in his father's practise and later at his own institute, Ore House near Hastings, which he set up with the aid a doctorate he had purchased in 1856 from the University of Giessen in Germany.

Hastings is today strongly associated with Poirot, partly because many of the early TV episodes " Agatha Christie's Poirot " were adaptations of the short stories, in most of which he appeared, or were stories into which he had been introduced in the course of adaptation ( e. g. Murder in the Mews ).

In fantasy author Neil Gaiman's 2004 short story " The Problem of Susan ", the protagonist, Professor Hastings, is depicted dealing with the grief and trauma of her entire family's death in a train crash.

In their semi-final on 26 October 1991 Scotland lost 6 – 9 to England at Murrayfield after Gavin Hastings missed a penalty almost in front of and a short distance from the posts.

In a very short time he received summons from Hastings to Lucknow.

A Whig, he became Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1823, being returned for Hastings three years later, and holding for a short time a subordinate position in George Canning's ministry.

Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings KC ( 17 March 1880 – 26 February 1952 ) was a British barrister and politician noted for his long and highly successful career as a barrister and his short stint as Attorney General.

The short length of county court cases and the number of cases Hastings got meant that he dealt with up to six cases in a single day, running from court to court with his pupils in a " Mafeking procession " which he later described as " the forerunners of the modern Panzer division ".

English winger Rory Underwood had scythed through the Scottish defence when Hastings managed to drag him down short of the line when a try seemed inevitable.

The Hastings Hotel is on the south-east corner of Cameron and High and the Star Hotel is a short distance north.

** Other short time-span garages ( either owned or rented ) included: Birmingham, Ladywood Road ( Five Ways Inn yard ); Coventry, Sandy Lane ; Cradley, ( GWR station yard ); Halesowen, Mucklow Hill ( GWR station yard ); Hereford, Bridge Street ( Black Lion Yard ); Kingswinford, The Portway ; Leicester, Frog Island ; Leicester, Hastings Road ; Leicester, Welford Road ; Nuneaton, Burgage Walk ( ex NWMO & T Co ); Nuneaton, Heath End Road ; Nuneaton, the former Empire theatre ; Sedgley, WDET Co depot ; Shrewsbury, Abbey foregate ( ex Allen Omnibus Co ); Shrewsbury, Roushill ; Stafford, Co-operative Street ; Wellington, Mansell Street.

Like those of Miss Lemon and Arthur Hastings, the role of Inspector Japp in Poirot's career has been exaggerated by adaptations of Christie's original novels ; specifically by the TV series Agatha Christie's Poirot, where these characters are often introduced into stories that did not originally feature them.

Hastings, however, appeared only intermittently in those Poirot novels and stories written after 1925 and only once in those written after 1937.

Prior to his Gilberton stint, Morrow contributed to one of the first black-and-white horror-comics magazines, the Joe Simon-edited Eerie Tales # 1 ( Nov. 1959 ) from Hastings Associates, penciling and inking two four-page stories by an unknown writer, " The Stalker " and " Burn!

Hastings was a critic of tall buildings in cities, warning that buildings over six stories ( the height of Parisian hôtels particuliers ) produced alienation by removing references to human scale, and destroyed the urban streetscape.

" Unlike The New York Times, the reviewer favourably compared some of the stories to those of Sherlock Holmes and concluded, " We hope that the partnership Poirot, Hastings and Japp will last long and yield many more narratives as exciting as these.

All of the stories contained in Poirot Investigates have been adapted as episodes in the ITV television series Agatha Christie's Poirot with David Suchet in the role of Poirot, Hugh Fraser as Hastings, Philip Jackson as Japp and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon.

Seventeen of the eighteen stories in the collection have been adapted for episodes in the ITV series Agatha Christie's Poirot with David Suchet in the role of Poirot, Hugh Fraser as Hastings, Philip Jackson as Japp and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon.

In 2012 an album is planned featuring Bruce Foxton, Russell Hastings and Mark Brzezicki ( of Big Country ) under the name " Foxton ".

* 1973: 1984 ( featuring Pye Hastings, Gary Windo, Lol Coxhill, Nick Evans, John Marshall, Malcolm Griffiths )

A loyal following has ensured steady back catalogue sales and a lengthy live career for the band, who continue to this day featuring founder members Pye Hastings ( guitar, vocals, songwriting ) and Richard Coughlan ( drums ).

Among these were " Hasting and Hays On Love " featuring soap opera stars Don Hastings and Kathryn Hays, presented at the 51st Anniversary Celebration held July 30 and July 31, 1977.

Here is how Captain Arthur Hastings first describes Poirot:

Irritating to Hastings is the fact that Poirot will sometimes conceal from him important details of his plans, as in The Big Four where Hastings is kept in the dark throughout the climax.

Poirot had been forcibly retired from the Belgian police force prior to the time he met Hastings in 1916 as a refugee on the case retold in The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

Notably, during this time his physical characteristics also change dramatically, and by the time Arthur Hastings meets Poirot again in Curtain, he looks very different from his previous appearances, having become thin with age and with obviously dyed hair.

Poirot was buried at Styles, and his funeral was arranged by his best friend Hastings and Hastings ' daughter Judith.

Hastings, a former British Army officer, first meets Poirot during Poirot's years as a police officer in Belgium and almost immediately after they both arrive in England.

Poirot regards Hastings as a poor private detective, not particularly intelligent, yet helpful in his way of being fooled by the criminal or seeing things the way the average man would see them, and for his tendency to unknowingly " stumble " onto the truth.

Hastings is a man who is capable of great bravery and courage, facing death unflinchingly when confronted by The Big Four and possessing unwavering loyalty towards Poirot.

" Poirot and Hastings are reunited in Curtain: Poirot's Last Case, having been earlier reunited in The ABC Murders and Dumb Witness when Hastings arrives in England for business.

Murders Poirot mentions to Hastings his vision of an ideal case.

Styles was Christie's first published novel, introducing Hercule Poirot, Inspector ( later, Chief Inspector ) Japp, and Lieutenant Hastings ( later, Captain ).

Lieutenant Hastings, a houseguest, enlists the help of his friend Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the nearby village, Styles St. Mary.

* Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective displaced by the war to England ; Hastings ' old friend

It is narrated by Dr. James Sheppard, who becomes Poirot's assistant ( a role filled by Captain Hastings in several other Poirot novels ).

The book features the characters of Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp.

The story starts with Hastings meeting Poirot after almost a year.

Poirot is also aided by his friends Hastings and Japp, while an Inspector Crome and a Dr. Thompson are also roped in.

After pondering over the issue, Poirot praises Hastings for his ingenuity ( which leaves him puzzled, as according to him he had done nothing extraordinary ) and calls upon a Legion meeting.

This was why Poirot had praised Hastings.

Later, Poirot shocks Hastings by telling him that the " fingerprint on the typewriter " was a bluff.

Poirot remarks that they indeed went on a hunting trip ( something that Hastings was always planning to do throughout the novel ).