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Jazz – the final countdown

This coming August Bank Holiday weekend the Rye Jazz & Blues Festival delights music lovers from across the South East with a feast of top class performances throughout Rye including our very own Rye Bay Crew (above)

How to grow old disgracefully

Agony aunt, Virginia Ironside makes us laugh in a historical environment, Fairlight Hall

Anyone for Cinderella?

Acting Up gearing up for the panto Cinderella

Much Ado braves all weathers

It would seem we can't get enough of Shakespeare this year. He had a way with words for sure, as The Lamb Players' performance reminded us

A last hurrah for Shakespeare!

Shakespeare is fed up with writing plays, so he gets Rye's John Fletcher to do it for him........

Ends Monday, Tuesday Painters

The Tuesday Painters end their exhibition on Bank Holiday Monday, but there is an opportunity to visit all weekend.

Jazz Festival tickets sell fast

London based Cuban band Kandela Mi Son will be performing their vibrant blend of Cuban music guaranteed to get you and the family dancing at the Rye Jazz Festival

Churchill: Living beyond his means

A new book reveals the extraordinary financial dealings conducted by Churchill

Let’s go to the movies!

This week's feature film is the children's classic Swallows & Amazons telling the story of the Walker children, whose summer holiday in the Lake District sees them sailing out on their own to a local island, only to find themselves in competition with a rival group

Familiars breed content

Rye Arts Festival welcomes Rory McLeod and the Familiar Strangers, for whom the world is their oyster

Medieval warbow in Winchelsea

Forget Robin Hood. Come and hear about the real thing, the medieval warbow

Remembering 1066 in tiny steel

A one off unique piece of art - don't miss it!

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