Rye News

Should our Landgate be a political bellwether and survive or fall at the behest of political dogma. One article this weeks seems to thinks so. Here John Minter takes a different view

Why do we ignore VJ Day? Isn't it time to remember the men who fought the bitterest campaign of the last war?

The first time I saw this "building" was walking from the station approach into Cinque Port Street, writes Joan Jones. It took my breath...

Landgate, oh Landgate, watch us with pity when we creep through your concussed arch, pursued by guilt and regret as we manage to leave an even worse world to our grandchildren than the world we inherited from war and holocaust

Rye's under 13s cricketers will be competing next week in the Sussex Junior Cricket Festival. Dan Lake previews the event

Rye's cricketers were in action at the weekend as the 1st team hosted Henfield and the 2nd team travelled away to Burgess Hill. Read Martin Blincow's report here and find out how both teams got on

Rye Lawn Tennis Club's 88th Annual Invitation Tournament attracted an international field and the British contestants rose to the challenge with Jonathan Tassell (above) winning the men's singles. But he had a hard fight to win.

The three lucky winners of our book competition have been notified of their victory and will be rushing along to The Rye Bookshop on...

The story of a now lost pub in Camber, with a brave and distinguished history. The latest in our Beer and Skittles series by David Russell

Going from strength to strength, the Rye Community Food and Wildlife Garden has generated its first harvest ..... of garlic and broad beans, writes...

Friends of Captain Pugwash filled Rye railway station this week for the informal launch by Rye's Mayor Councillor Bernardine Fiddemore of a light-hearted display featuring characters and scenes from the Captain Pugwash books and TV animations

The new summer exhibition by the Rye Society of Artists looks set to break records as fine weather, a new bright and breezy venue and a spectacular show tempts in collectors, locals and visitors alike

A new regular correspondent in Rye News, Heidi Foster (above), kicks off on the "Culture" page with some comments about the Jazz Lounge at last year's Jazz and Blues Festival, and the Maritime Festival

Showing at Rye Community Centre Film Club on Friday, August 7- Selma (pictured above). This Oscar-nominated film is based on the story of Martin Luther King's quest to obtain equal voting rights for black citizens in Alabama in 1965. For details of this and other movies showing in Rye please follow the link . . .

The box office opens, the opening procession has permission and Rye Arts Festival is on its way with the Studio School and pupil Maria Ezobi playing a big part

It's open air theatre time again at Lamb House on August 14-16. Shakespeare of course. But not too heavy. This year it's "Twelfth Night". Previously it's been "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (pictured above). And the young actors have lots of experience, with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Broadway and the BBC.

There will be a rare opportunity this Saturday afternoon to visit what is reckoned to be Winchelsea's best medieval vaulted cellar, under the ruins of the so-called Blackfriars Barn.

Boats, shore displays, music, food, the weather and, of course, Superman, all combined to make Maritime Weekend a success, yet again

Two similar incidents at Icklesham involving lorries and small groups of migrants may be the result of organised human traffickers rather than individuals from Calais hiding in or under lorries. But police have not commented so far. In both cases the police caught those running away from the lay-by

The sun shining all day helped Northiam's Traditional Summer Fayre on August 1 to be a successful one, writes Geoff Poyton. Crowds enjoyed the...