Let’s go to the movies!
This week's featured film showing at Rye Community Centre Film Club on Friday January 8 is "Far from the Madding Crowd". Set in Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three different suitors
Watch China unfold
Practical gardening or the history of Chinese art, culture and current affairs? WEA courses can expand your mind
Fun run into the New Year
How best to start the New Year - with good friends, food and dancing . . .
Hunt Meet at the Mermaid
Cars were banned and horses reigned supreme at the Mermaid on Saturday
Brace up for ‘Blue Monday’
Stephen Weaver. a local psychotherapist and counsellor examines the lowpoint that follows festive highs. But it's not all doom and gloom, help is at hand
Join the great birdwatch
Counting birds is more useful than counting sheep. And you will need to stay awake while you do it. Details about the Big Garden Birdwatch may be found here
What is normal nowadays?
Changing weather patterns mean that flood danger is no longer just from the sea
Water water everywhere
Granville Bantick suggests options for controlling flood waters in the area
And a happy (if wet) New Year
2015 ended with a bang not a whimper, setting Rye up with great hopes and expectations for a great year ahead
You can ring my bell
Santa didn't risk getting stuck up the chimney this year. Instead he rang politely at the door
Rye plans public consultations
Rye's Neighbourhood Plan is nearing completion and two meetings are being held about the latest version of what the town's future should look like
Lydd Airport plans grind slowly
The Lydd Airport saga moves on, but will we ever see the plans implemented
Birders and twitchers gather
Iden and District Natural History Society welcome in the New Year with an illustrated talk, "Birds, their Nests, Eggs and Young" by John Buckingham, a...
Short on festive spirit
Some Christmas lights went out earlier than expected. But the damage could have been worse
Galactic invaders spotted
Stormtroopers were seen in Rye between Christmas and New Year, raising speculation about a full-scale alien invasion
And the rain came down . . .
As other parts of the UK flooded, Rye was on "flood alert" - but the risk next week may come from the sea
More cuts proposed to services
The latest proposed cut in county council services because of Government funding cuts will hit libraries - but may be challenged
Bring on the sporting girls
Sport is so often regarded as the prerogative of men - but it shouldn't be, argues John Minter
Cricket prepares for new season
Rye Cricket Club feature their new international in the summer coaching programme