One of the world’s finest theatre organists, Richard Hills, is set to entertain on Rye’s historic Wurlitzer theatre organ this Sunday (May 24) at Rye College, writes Glen
Rye Creative Centre opened its doors last weekend to welcome visitors to an exhibition of work by artists based at the former Freda Gardham School in New Road. Featured above, Jenny Pockley with her painting, Balloon. And the challenge, reports Kenneth Bird, is getting people to cross the bridge ove
Councillors Bernadine Fiddimore and Jonathan Breeds are back for another year as Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively. At the traditional annual ceremony, hot pennies were flung to the streets below and the Mayor spoke of her anger about the neglect of the town
To the sound of thunder, a sudden late afternoon hailstorm this week sent people scurrying home, writes Kenneth Bird. Hailstones more than one centimetre in size rattled down in the
A month ago one of our readers shared with us his deplorable experience of an A&E hospital department. Now Nicky Frith of Fairlight Cove asks hospitals to rethink their policy on what drinks and nibbles they stock in snack bars. She also highlights the problems that beset Type 2 diabetes patients wh
Resident artists of Rye Creative Centre, collectively known as "New Road Artists" and artists who have had studios here in the past, are exhibiting together in a group
A swarm of worker bees and their old queen had the good taste to visit Rye last week, settling on a rose bush in a local garden. Expert Cathy Pope was able to tempt the bees into a special container and has taken them to a new home where they will be able to make honey while the sun shines. Andrew B
Twelve ukulele bands will be descending on Rye's Cinque Ports pub on Sunday May 24 for a festival of strumming to celebrate an 'experiment' three years ago to form a band in Rye. Expect a Big Strum and even an attempt on a world record for kazoo and ukulele, writes Lorna Hall
Wendy Vu flies out shortly to see a Vietnamese child terribly scarred in an acid attack. She raised funds for an operation to help the child, and now wants to take other help with her to the child's village
A Ukrainian helicopter pilot visited Rye on the 29th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. He was invited by the Chernobyl Rye Fund to visit local schools and recount his experiences following the explosion
As Rye Conservation Society announces its award for a major contribution to the townscape, the symbolic brick goes to Fletcher in Rye CIC for its successful completion of the Kino Digital project
