Monthly Archives: August, 2015

More than 23,000 visitors went round the Ypres Tower last year and this year the East Street Museum is featuring a display on Waterloo as part of Rye Arts Festival in September.

The Coastal Currents arts exhibition showcases local artists in their working environments. Here we profile Anna Wilson-Patterson from Fairlight

Career changes, engagement and the night I met Amy Winehouse.

Members of the ARRCC (Activities, Respite, Rehabilitation and Care Centres) charity, which takes a holistic approach to care and quality of life, were in the forefront at their recent Open Day which included an exhibition of their art work - opened by the Lord Lieutenant Peter Field.

The Ypres (Wipers) kicks off a summer of music with bands and singers three weekends running on the specially erected stage in the pub's garden. Expect wall to wall music from Aug 17 to Aug 31

The border fronting the Grade II listed pump and...

The blanket mountain from St Mary's Church for Iraqi refugees continues to grow, helped by many knitters and sewers, some who attend the thriving Monday morning group

Once in a blue moon is a well worn phrase or saying. But this moon (pictured above) does not look blue, though we were told it was a blue moon. Charles Harkness sets out to find an explanation.

Great Dixter House and Gardens has opened see a new exhibition of 1920s photographs of the children of the Lloyd family who grew up there

Over 100 large jet planes an hour, like the Boeing 737, could be taking off or landing directly over Dungeness nuclear power station - and the latest planning permission waters down nuclear safety concerns, while paying more heed to environmental ones. Opponents of Lydd Airport's expansion remain concerned about the risks

Work is planned to make the church tower at St Mary's safe for the thousands of tourists who visit it each year

Jenny Lee, a very active member of Rye Conservation Society, and a patron and supporter of many other Rye organisations, has died, aged 83.