Merchant and Mills

Monthly Archives: April, 2017

Let’s go to the movies!

Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy star in this Second World War drama centred on a woman writing scripts for propaganda films – and the men drawn to her charm

Free Macbeth taster at Mermaid

Theatre troupe Bowler Crab returns to Rye with a look at different ways of interpreting Shakespeare's Macbeth, with help from the audience

Pottery’s unsung heroes

Josh Cole talked about the vital part women play at Rye Pottery, why there would be no pottery without Mr Jack, and the importance of design when potting becomes an art

A town like ours on stage

A famous Victorian novel about a place like ours takes to the stage - but is it Rye ?

Flight of artistic fancy

Never dismiss an unusual venue for art

Watch Sergei Polunin dance

A dance feast - a documentary about Russian Sergei Polunin

Pier becomes (yarn) bombsite

Hasting pier shows off the mother of all yarn bombings

Permaculture – a sustainable life

Anyone interested in sustainable living watch the film Inhabit

Green group’s nuclear visit

The Rother Environmental Group goes nuclear at Dungeness

Marsh churches need support

The Romney Marsh churches are internationally famous for their location and beautiful architecture. Historically in a class of their own, they need the dedicated support of friends to maintain them

Raising river’s tidal walls

Flood risks are always in mind as the Environment Agency reveals its latest plans

Winchelsea ‘elects’ new Mayor

Mayoral glass ceiling broken in Winchelsea

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