Am I alone in hoping that the marquee at Lamb House will not be used for the Rye Festival? Superb talks have been ruined by canvas flapping in the wind, or rain rattling on it. Slides are impossible to see, due to not being able to block out the light, and the crowning glory, people chatting directly outside the marquee, drowning out the speaker as happened on at least one occasion last year. It is difficult to access on cobbled streets and is a long distance from car parking facilities. I daresay there is some good reason why it is held there, but I shall not be attending any future events there. We have far more suitable and accessible venues than this.
Margot Dixon
