Northiam Bonfire Society will be lighting up the sky over the weekend of June 20/21 with a Midsummer Festival. Saturday includes a dog show in the day and a BBQ and music in the evening and Sunday will host a Boot Fair with refreshments. There will be a beer festival in 'The Highwayman's Inn' both d
The hidden walled garden at Little Orchard House at 3 West Street is hosting Rye Conservation Society's annual garden party this Sunday June 14 writes Andy Stuart. Visitors
Music from opera and the musicals is the theme of "Some Enchanted Evening - Music for Midsummer", a concert to be held at Playden church on June 20. The same weekend also sees Playden open gardens with both events aiming at raising funds for repairs to Playden church spire
A tale of two towns. One with beacon blazing, the other in the dark. One munches through a street party, the other has 'no appetite'. A first hand account from John Spencer of how Winchelsea celebrated, and an explanation from Charles Harkness of why Rye did not
As our population lives longer, dementia is on the increase affecting more and more people. But what are the facts, and more importantly, the answers to some basic questions? A new local group has been formed in national Dementia Awareness Week to improve the lives of people living with dementia and
The sun shone, the ukuleles were strummed, the kazoos were blown - and it was festival time during the Bank Holiday weekend. Who knows whether the Big Strum set a record, but something like 300 musicians were trying to synchronise their efforts. Lorna Hall reports
Traditions of Merrie England still hold their appeal for spectators and performers alike as Morris men perform to the sound of music in front of Rye Town Hall
Some 200 people came through the doors of the second Recycle Swap Shop of 2015, held at St Mary’s Centre, Lion Street, last Saturday, writes Mike Pepler. About 330kg
The Ore Stage Festival starts next week, from Tuesday May 26–Saturday May 30 at the Milligan Theatre, Love Lane, Rye. It was started seven years ago by Wendy Dyer,
