Monthly Archives: July, 2015

This week's featured film showing at Rye Kino is 'Love & Mercy' Set to the era-defining music of The Beach Boys (pictures above), Love & Mercy intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the band's mercurial lead singer and songwriter Brian Wilson, an icon whose success came at an extraordinary personal cost. For details of this and other movies showing in Rye please follow the link...

Stephen Sondheim's music and words (reviewed last week) were...

Janet Denny's prize winning mystery starts with a photograph. Explore what happens next in "The man on the mantlepiece"

More than 50 events at least 15 different venues over 17 days. It's the 44th Rye Arts Festival and its 36 page programme has just been launched. Charles Harkness reports on a few of the highlights

As the high tide peaked on Sunday, July 19,...

An anti-war campaigner has been sentenced to prison for refusing to pay council tax as it "was used to fund wars". This argument had already been found to be without merit and he was only released after a friend had paid the amount owed

Rye's Castle Museum held a fundraising garden party last Saturday, 18 July, at 11 High Street in bright sunshine compared to last year's downpour which led to the "garden party" being held indoors in the Museum's East Street premises

August is near and high tide at Strand Quay is...

Community groups and organisations have just days left to apply for funding to boost projects within the Rother area. Thousands of pounds are available for the development of community facilities, activities and sustainable local action as part of the Rother District Council Community Grants Scheme. The deadline for applications for the latest round of funding is Friday, July 31

The fantastic Rye Country Show is being held again this year at Lea Barn Farm, Rye Foreign, on August 15 in support of St Michaels Hospice.. With events from horses to classic cars and dogs to country crafts, all the usual ingredients are there together with new events to make the show even bigger and better

The European Commission and South East Local Enterprise are...

The English Channel was dotted with boats containing women and children as refugees fled mainland Europe. Rye was one of the principal destinations as it was then a principal gateway to London - where many refugees thrived and survived, particularly in the City's banks