Rye Town Council will again be discussing next Monday the redevelopment of the old school site in Tilling Green as concerns grow in particular about the loss of community centre services. A fairly limited "pre-consultation" by the developer added to concerns raised back in April, which have simply g
A brand new bridge from Valley Park to a bus stop in Tilling Green, but not much else, over an overgrown ditch is being reported to Rother District Council for planning enforcement. Charles Harkness reports
The programme for this year's Rye Arts Festival will be announced on Sunday, July 20, and a highlight will be two performances of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" with a lot of help from students at the Studio School. Charles Harkness talks to conductor/director Alisdair Kitchen
The possibility of high speed trains coming to Rye took a small step nearer with announcements in last week's Budget, but in the short term work on other lines might possibly mean more carriages and less overcrowding on the local line. Charles Harkness reports
Writer and broadcaster Richard Crowest returns to the garden of the National Trust's Lamb House in Rye this Saturday evening, July 18, for readings from EF Benson (of
Rye Museum Association is holding its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday July 28 at 6:30pm in its East Street premises, and this Saturday, July 18, it has its annual
Rye Branch of the WEA (Workers' Educational Association) has three courses kicking off in the autumn - on practical gardening, China's history and topical issues. Practical gardening,
Rock Channel was supposed to be the jewel in Rye's crown, but a new proposal for housing there has been rejected by the Town Council's Planning Committee partly because of Rye's other problems including traffic congestion and lack of parking spaces. Redevelopment is needed, but it can be a jigsaw -
Songs from Sondheim musicals, comedy thrills, operatic arias and the launch of this year's programme for the Rye Arts Festival all feature in a busy programme of events this coming weekend and the next.
The Rye Museum Association is holding its annual fundraising Garden Party in Rae Festing's garden at 11 High Street on Saturday July 18 from 10am to 1pm and
The Rye Bookshop "officially" opened on Saturday, July 4, with Peter Rabbit (from the Beatrix Potter books), visiting town crier Andy Stephens, and glasses of Prosecco on a
