Culture
Mapp & Lucia hit town
Spotting Mapp and Lucia: the BBC are in Rye for two months filming an adaptation of former Rye mayor EF Benson's series of comic novels. Tim Redfern will be commenting on the production itself and Charlie Harkness will observe how filming affects the town
Time restored at St Mary’s
The renovation of St Mary's church clock has revealed interesting historical details, united two towns and created a photographer's delight
Top comic heads festival
Popular TV comedian Milton Jones will be appearing on Sunday June 22 at Northiam's first summer festival
Please don’t feed the gulls
Odes to the curse of low-flying bombers and those tortuous nocturnal chimes that keep the citadel's light sleepers awake and counting the quarters
Brilliant: five playing as one
The Wihan String Quartet and pianist Martin Kasik made another memorable impression with their evening of Mozart, Schumann and Ravel in Iden church
Filmgoers wear a different hat
More films for less money is one of the benefits that springs from the "closure" of the Rye Film Club. The closure is in name only. There will be more foreign films, too
Another sound in the wall
Music festivals, medieval churches, pubs. On walks, even. Jazz, pop, classical. Members of Rye's Wall of Sound Singing Ensemble enjoy themselves in all sorts of ways. Their coach is Sandra Scott who believes in a sense of humour more than the ability to read music
Rye cinema: the prequel
The making of a modern two-screen cinema complex, complete with a bar and café, reads more like a Hammer horror. Pip Al-Khafaji reveals some of the hidden nasties that plagued the cast of builders
Soudain framed by success
Annie Soudain is one of our most successful contemporary artists and printmakers. Her cards are so popular that many who bought them at her most recent showing at the Rye Art Gallery did so to frame them - as presents or to hang on walls at home
Reel thing is a supporting act
With a new cinema due to open soon in Rye, the local film club is to wind up its operation. But all is not what it seems. The members will go on bringing quality movies to Rye audiences - and the price of tickets will be even more interesting to those who sit in the dark at Rye's community centre