Merchant and Mills

Culture

The crucifixion and other stories

Following Easter last weekend a challenging exhibition opens at the Rye Creative Centre

Let’s go to the movies!

Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy star in this Second World War drama centred on a woman writing scripts for propaganda films – and the men drawn to her charm

Free Macbeth taster at Mermaid

Theatre troupe Bowler Crab returns to Rye with a look at different ways of interpreting Shakespeare's Macbeth, with help from the audience

Pottery’s unsung heroes

Josh Cole talked about the vital part women play at Rye Pottery, why there would be no pottery without Mr Jack, and the importance of design when potting becomes an art

A town like ours on stage

A famous Victorian novel about a place like ours takes to the stage - but is it Rye ?

Flight of artistic fancy

Never dismiss an unusual venue for art

Watch Sergei Polunin dance

A dance feast - a documentary about Russian Sergei Polunin

Easter with Mapp and Lucia

Action in Market Street as the BBC film a 30s classic - but where can you see it again this weekend? And get many views of historic Rye as well?

Mass murder at World of Legend

Richard III reigned for only two years before he was killed on the battlefield. But he was alive and well (though pretty scary) in Rye last weekend, thanks to Emily Carding's innovative and powerful retelling of the old story

Let’s go to the movies!

Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin star in this crime comedy as a trio of law-abiding citizens who decide to rob the bank that has raided their pension funds.

Art Gallery Friends final word

What turned out to be the final meeting of the Friends of Rye Art Gallery finished on a positive note

Local artists go on show

Modern and more traditional styles can be found in the current exhibitions at Rye Art Gallery by local artists - and Rye and the surrounding area has a long tradition of artists who have either lived here, or visited, leaving a wide range of styles and subjects behind them

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