Merchant and Mills

Culture

Shakespeare and spice – nice!

Food and theatre in one day, can't be bad and were greatly enjoyed by visitors

Black cat by the sea

Inspired by nature, artist Anna Wilson-Patterson has a new show on in Winchelsea throughout April

Rye singers perform in London

Rye singers from a choir with local connections gave two performances in London last month - and are looking for more performers

Let’s go to the movies!

This week's featured film showing at Rye Kino is Eddie the Eagle. Inspired by true events, Eddie the Eagle is a delightful and funny British comedy-drama about Michael "Eddie" Edwards, an unlikely but courageous ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself

Thinking outside the box office

Mike Eve helped bring the Kino to town - and now he's chairing the Arts Festival. Dee Alsey reports in the latest of her "Ryers Unwrapped" series

Mimicking birdsong in music

Capturing and interpreting the natural sound of birdsong has intrigued and inspired many composers over the centuries

A different sort of quiz

Is it a cowboy? Is it a war film? Is it drama? Or is it comedy? It may be all of these as it is a film quiz. Ray Prewer reports

Dazzling sense of Foreboding

Prepare to be intimidated, scared and awestruck at a new exhibition of paintings

Let’s go to the movies!

This week's featured film showing at Rye Community Film Club on Friday April 1 is "Suffragette" featuring Maud Watts, one of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, striving to gain the vote and a measure of equality for women in the early part of the 20th century

Topical choice for book club

A long journey seeking work is a topical choice for a book club

Winchelsea opens its cellars

Fancy seeing what's under Winchelsea? Tours of the village's extraordinary 50+ medieval cellars restart on Easter Monday

Shakespeare was here

Shakespeare was here - and the BBC has been here filming local actors to commemorate the Bard's 400th anniversary. Watch it on TV shortly

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