Monthly Archives: May, 2014
Stony road to success
It was a sun-blessed day for Rye charity walkers last weekend. There were three routes to choose from and money at the end for local charities
Don’t bin it, bring it
Why hang on to all that stuff cluttering up your home when you could find a grateful new home for it at St Mary's Centre, Rye
Please don’t feed the gulls
Odes to the curse of low-flying bombers and those tortuous nocturnal chimes that keep the citadel's light sleepers awake and counting the quarters
Make men more aware
Explicit photos and videos guaranteed an attentive audience as Mr Roger Plail, consultant urologist, discussed developments in prostate cancer treatment
All that jazz at Landgate WI
The Women's Institute enjoy a toe-tapping talk on the roaring Twenties, with a lively commentary and contemporary tunes
Mad dogs and bad ramblers
A warm spring was good news for lambing ewes and the sunshine brought out streams of ramblers, too - to the regret, in some cases, of our regular farming correspondent on Romney Marshes
Brilliant: five playing as one
The Wihan String Quartet and pianist Martin Kasik made another memorable impression with their evening of Mozart, Schumann and Ravel in Iden church
Setback for airport protest
Lydd Airport challenge suffers setback. The High Court upholds the Government's decision to permit runway and terminal expansion
Weighing the sands of risk
Parts of the Middle East are now mainstream holiday destinations. But a new peril faces travellers - a killer respiratory disease. How serious is it? Rye's emergency community team considered the risks at its latest meeting