Culture

Rye Society of Arts has a vibrant and varied summer exhibition to visit until August 26

Get ready for five days of a busy, fun and amazing jazz and blues bonanza

Help! We need someone- volunteers for Lamb House

We look at some more of the performances coming to the Arts Festival

Mission Impossible and Mamma Mia! continue this week, joined by Hotel Transylvania 3 to interest the children, and the return of British comedy Swimming With Men, together with the stirring documentary Spitfire, narrated by Charles Dance

Glyndebourne's Vanessa, and Elvis's '68 tour are broadcast this week but check the future programme: new autumn productions of Funny Girl and The King and I are open for advance booking, as is Cliff Richard's 60th anniversary tour. Scroll to the end of the list for details of the Royal Opera House winter programme of opera and ballet

The box office is opening shortly for Rye Arts Festival events and two popular acts are previewed here

History lies at your feet when you take a tour of Winchelsea's medieval cellars

Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, fighting another impossible mission, this time to prevent missing nuclear weapons falling into the wrong hands. Britain's Simon Pegg also stars

More from Glyndebourne coming up this month with a rare staging of Vanessa, plus Elvis Presley, opera and Shakespeare, and be sure to check out the listings for the Royal Opera House's 2018/2019 opera and ballet season with a host of treats in store

Fairlight, too, has its talented artists

Look out for Rye Film Club's August film on Friday August 3