Have you seen that ghastly new building in Cinque Ports Street? Now they have uncovered it, it looks simply hideous, quite out of keeping. How could they have allowed it?
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
"Blends well with the ancient skyline of Rye, does it not?" Reader Lindsay Akerman sent in this wry comment.
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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
Is there any need for the Rye Partnership to have a hand in the future of Tilling Green’s community centre, asks John Howlett? Let Rye’s town council take charge, he suggests; let it shape the future
The latest design for a Tilling Green community centre does not match the needs of the community, believes John Wylie, a Tilling Green resident. It would be suitable for a village, perhaps, but not for Rye town. He and others who use the hall have been given a preview of what it would look like. Her
An irritated Rye resident wants to know how a well funded group acting for the economic future and wellbeing of the town can manage to be so long-winded. About 89 months ago, Rye Partnership's chairman expressed the earnest hope that its website would soon be back in action. A website would serve to
Once upon a time, after the Germans bombed us rotten, it was thought that the state of our roads was down to the war. Or so the thinking went in Kent. Well that county's roads are a lot better these days. But here in East Sussex, here in Rye? John Howlett shares some more wry thoughts
Not everyone agrees that wind turbines on the marsh are a good thing, but Monday was Global Wind Day so some of us were invited to celebrate the day with a trip to have a closer look at the turbines. But who gets the benefits ?
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
