Culture
Comrades in arms and song
Two local acting groups join forces to commemorate the beginning of the First World War - and to celebrate its end - with a rousing chorus of musical hits from stars of the period. The final two shows are on Saturday July 19
Cool cocktail of jazz
With an atmosphere and a line-up to challenge any New York nightclub - featuring jazz, blues, soul, funk, swing, Latin - the third Rye International Jazz & Blues Festival is coming back to town for four days and five nights in August
Arts festival lifts the curtain
This year’s Rye Arts Festival’s full programme of over 60 events is being announced on July 13. And the free and paid-for events will feature classical and contemporary music, literary talks, theatre, comedy, dance, walks, exhibitions, and events for the kids and much more!
Gala dazzles St Mary’s
The award-winning Aurora Orchestra performed in St Marys, Rye as the grand showpiece of the Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival
Citadel driven to distraction
Rye's Citadel is having more than its 15-minutes of fame. BBC cameras, the luvvies and the extras are milling round. They've taken over the top of the town. For some, the temptation is to spend the day watching - from a bedroom vantage point- as in the case of our Editor. See his feature As scene from my window. Another of our writers Andrew Bamji has been spying on Mapp on the Culture page while Tim Redfern has been talking to the producers.
Prepare to be astonished
A repeat performance: Taek Gi Lee, victor at the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, will give the winner's recital at Fairlight Hall this weekend
Listing Rye’s war memorial
An architect who designed many buildings in and around Rye also created the model for war memorials constructed throughout the country. It is fitting that the town seeks to have its own memorial in St Mary's churchyard listed
Rye stars in television jewel
Tim Redfern meets BBC producers Susie Liggat and Lisa Osborne on the Mapp and Lucia set at Lamb House to discuss the production and filming on location in Rye
Following in Fred’s footsteps
A delightful afternoon was spent retracing the steps of one of the town's most creative writers, whose impact on Rye is as strong and valued as ever
Whatever next?
Local cartoonist John Izod's take on the latest events in town. After the Monuments Men and Mapp & Lucia film shoots, anything can happen in Rye
Booze for free!
Tim Redfern reviews Andy Hamilton's foraging book "Booze for Free" and he can't wait to start sampling one or two of Andy's many recipes