When the tiny village of Iden staged its biennial Open Gardens day in brilliant weather on June 6-7, the eleven gardens of different sizes and styles attracted over 300 visitors,
From primitive cave paintings to Turner, watercolours are a huge subject, and local artist Andy Wood is an expert because he is President of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. He talked to the Friends of Rye Art Gallery recently about this area of art
Only one lane of the entrance to Rye's hospital and medical centre site will be open once roadworks start, and questions remain unanswered about whether patients - and indeed staff - will have adequate access. The county council has already had to apologise for the contractor's behaviour, and patien
Road closures on the Peasmarsh Road caused traffic chaos in Rye itself as signs appeared in town before the railway bridge, diverting traffic across the marsh - or so it seemed. John Stedman raised the issue with East Sussex County Council and reports back on what he learnt, none of which is good ne
A singing dentist, who learnt as a student the impact that being born with a cleft lip or palate can have, will be raising money to raise a smile in St Mary's Church this month
A small group of children enjoyed a craft afternoon on Wednesday May 27 at East Street museum. The craft session had a garden theme and children decorated plant pots decoupage
Continuing pressure on waste collectors to recycle as much as possible can mean changes to when and how bins (or sacks) are collected. Also Rother Council have just introduced more changes from June 1. But what happens to the waste collected from our black bins which can not be recycled? Anthony Kim
Pupils of Rye Dance Centre will be competing in the Ore Dance Festival being held at the Milligan Theatre, Rye College, this week from Tuesday to Saturday May 26-30, writes
Work from local painters and sculptors in exhibitions celebrating summer, gardens and rural life is on display at the Rye Art Gallery from Saturday May 16
For too long now I have watched some of the bikers on a Sunday at Strand Quay behaving totally irresponsibly. I feel that this is a fatality waiting to happen.
