Culture
The Museum comes to life
Strange sounds came from the museum in East Street. Was it a ghost? Could it be paranormal activity? Or was it just a dickens of a celebration?
Let’s go to the movies!
This week's featured movie showing at the Kino is Carol, staring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara (pictured) set in 1950s New York. A young woman working in a department store falls for an older woman trapped in a loveless but convenient marriage. What follows is a beautiful love story with complicated consequences . . .
Film world comes to town
Rye's first international film festival arrives this weekend. We review the coming events
Lamb House entertains
Lamb House entertained once again, with its annual Christmas performance. Did it meet our 'great expectations'? John Minter reviews
Music and malice aforethought
Excerpts from a new Rye-based opera were shown at the Town Hall. Our Arts Correspondent was there to check it out
Singers perform the Messiah
Rye Singers perform again and soon they will be keeping warm by candelight. Find out more . . .
A master whose time has come
A wall clock dated 1874 has made a return journey to the very shop in the High Street from which it was first sold. But how and what is its history?
Avocet flies with Christmas gifts
Some, but not all, of our local artists can be found near the sea, and the Avocet Gallery near Rye Harbour and the nature reserve is worth a flying visit pre-Christmas
Bookshop helps chain recover
Rye Bookshop is doing its bit to restore the fortunes of its previously troubled parent, with more this Saturday. Read on . . .
Kino’s choices add numbers up
An historic further education college has been transformed into a new home for James Bond and "Star Wars". But, after 10 months is it working?
Let the festivities start
The parties are starting. It must be Christmas . . . and time for some fundraising. But by whom? And where?