Culture

Jazz Christmas cracker announced

For jazz lovers the Rye Jazz Festival is delighted to announce the inclusion of a wonderful, intimate evening and seasonal escapism with the multi award-winning jazz vocalists, Claire Martin and Ian Shaw

Wimbush puts action to words

An evening of poetry reading these days is something of a rare event, but Martin Wimbush kept his audience enthralled

Joy comes to Hastings

A grand concert is to be performed by the Hastings Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra at the White Rock, November 12

Let’s go to the movies!

Oscar and Bafta winning Ida is the inaugural showing from the newly rejuvenated Rye Film Club, telling the story of a young nun in 1960s Poland, who embarks on a mission to discover her past

Autumn recital at Fairlight Hall

A recent Hastings competition winner blows away the audience at a recent concert. Heidi Foster reports

Making the medieval grade

Keeping up with the Joneses in the public display of wealth was as much a pre-occupation in medieval times as it is today

Spooky tales precede Halloween

The night before Halloween is time to get spooky

Hastings moves to Rye

A murderous duo will be in Rye signing copies of their latest books in next month

Rye Film Club lives again

Rye Film Club Lives again! Thanks to the offer of generous sponsorship from the George in Rye and an anonymous private benefactor, Rye Film Club has been given a new lease of life

Let’s go to the movies!

Oscar and Bafta winning Ida is the inaugural showing from the newly rejuvenated Rye Film Club, telling the story of a young nun in 1960s Poland, who embarks on a mission to discover her past

Blue sashes are off

A small band of volunteers helped make Rye Arts Festival a success in a very modest way, with the aid of a flashy sash

A scholarly education

Well-known local author 'Jonty' Driver was signing his latest book at the Rye Bookshop this week

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