Following two recent traffic accidents involving children, Campaign For Action in Rye (CFAiR) will campaign for a 20mph speed limit - but on which streets?
Our local fields and woods (and all the photos show "finds" within six miles of Rye) can contain a feast or lingering death... John Howlett both encourages, but warns.....
Sixty years ago this week James Dean became the governing image of a restless, rootless generation, the subsequent release of his films only enhancing his stature as rebel king. Like Che Guevara twelve years later, his face was suddenly pinned to all our walls
Landgate, oh Landgate, watch us with pity when we creep through your concussed arch, pursued by guilt and regret as we manage to leave an even worse world to our grandchildren than the world we inherited from war and holocaust
Rural communities like our own have felt the pinch of austerity Britain. To make ends meet people need jobs. Or, as some see it, jobs for locals, jobs for Brits, not jobs for migrants. John Howlett has a few wry words on the subject after speaking to two local friends who have the other problem: fin
Developers cheered when George Osborne announced that planning rules were to be eased in his July 8 Budget. But John Howlett isn't best pleased by the move and feels prompted to send two open letters: one to the Environment Agency and another to the road safety team at East Sussex County Council
Tempers fray at Rye’s level crossings, folks in cars eager to get on, frustrated by the wait for the gates to open. What’s the delay mate? Get a move on! Gawd, is it him again, the geezer who punishes our impatience? And what, in John Howlett’s imagination, has that got to do with Bertolt Brecht and
The best of policing always used to be – “Ask the bobby up the street; he’ll help you out.” The worst of policing now is – “Sorry luv, the cops don’t come here anymore” – the police have gone missing because there’s not enough money to pay for them. We are now told that yet more cuts are expected, s
To an outsider the Town Council could appear to be more concerned with costumes and correct procedures than actual governance and power...... Former councillor Mike Eve reflects.
"Some of us have seen the ghosts in our car headlights –/ the coffins and the bodies, the pirates and their victims./ You might even have heard a screaming at midday/ or in the night". The narrow lanes and alleys of Rye can be scary at times.........
Why is the cemetery so neglected, asks CFAiR [the Campaign For Action in Rye] at its first meeting. Who should own the new Tilling Green Community Centre , and when can we see a simple version of the revised Neighbourhood Plan. Three of the questions asked as this new group sets out to cast a spotli
The last time Rye's Town Council set out to co-opt a councillor, it was because of a row over whether the flag (in the photo above) should fly at half mast after former Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher died. Former town councillor Mary Smith comments on how the co-option process should be as public as
