Thousands of people gathered in Hastings for the annual Jack in Green festival on Bank Holiday Monday (May 4) and, after a cold and wet weekend, the sun finally came
A packed St Mary’s church took part in a general election hustings, hearing from the candidates for the Hastings and Rye constituency. Deprivation, renewable energy and fishing quotas emerged as key and common issues. Hastings and Rye is a key target for the Labour in the forthcoming election. Sean
Immediately after Bank Holiday Monday Hasting’s Folk Fest is limbering up to entertain, involve and surprise visitors at twelve different venues and with more than 30 different acts, writes
Mayday! Mayday! Giants, bogies, clog and Morris dancers, drummers, sweeps and May Queens collide with thousands of bikers on Bank Holiday Monday at the end of Hastings' busy weekend. But you should feel quite at home as the residents take advantage of the Jack in Green festival to revel, frolic and
Spring has seen the opening of two new shops in Rye in the past week, benefitting from the influx of visitors over Easter, writes Seana Lanigan. A Ladybird pop-up in
Rye Society of Artists, which faced a major headache when its Summer Show lost its long standing Boys Club venue, now has a new home in the Dance Hall at Rye Community Centre for August and also is now running a Spring Show for the first time at Rye Art Gallery
Donations of warm winter clothes for refugees in the Kurdistan area of Iraq are mounting up almost as quickly as volunteers can sort and pack them ready for the trucks that will head for the camps in the coming weeks
The "Mapp and Lucia" TV series has led to a huge increase in hits on the website of the Friends of Tilling, the society that celebrates EF Benson and his characters in an annual gathering in Rye
If you have computer problems over the Christmas break, the Rye internet cafe is your best bet as the Tilling Green Computer Club is now on holiday until January 8.
Father Christmas can't keep away from Rye, making his second visit in a week. This time he eschewed his Roller and arrived in the harbour master's launch to entertain children on the quayside
Fresh, young talented designers from Rye Studio School showed off their creativity by selling their wares for one day only in the old Martello Bookshop in Rye's High Street. Hastings next week!
