Opinions
Bexhill – ‘You do not exist’
Should our Landgate be a political bellwether and survive or fall at the behest of political dogma. One article this weeks seems to thinks so. Here John Minter takes a different view
Still apparently forgotten
Why do we ignore VJ Day? Isn't it time to remember the men who fought the bitterest campaign of the last war?
Another blow to Landgate’s body
Landgate, oh Landgate, watch us with pity when we creep through your concussed arch, pursued by guilt and regret as we manage to leave an even worse world to our grandchildren than the world we inherited from war and holocaust
Better than previous eyesore?
A new building is nearly finished. The landmark crane is finally removed. But is it "simply hideous" as one reader writes in a letter, or will it fit in with other Rye frontages ? Or is it part of "skyline creep" hiding and obscuring Rye's historic rooftops. Kenneth Bird has an opinion.
Rethink for Tilling Green?
Local resident John Wylie thinks a change must be made to plans for Tilling Green redevelopment
What a job: finding a ‘worker’
Rural communities like our own have felt the pinch of austerity Britain. To make ends meet people need jobs. Or, as some see it, jobs for locals, jobs for Brits, not jobs for migrants. John Howlett has a few wry words on the subject after speaking to two local friends who have the other problem: finding someone who wants to work
Planning rules a road to where?
Developers cheered when George Osborne announced that planning rules were to be eased in his July 8 Budget. But John Howlett isn't best pleased by the move and feels prompted to send two open letters: one to the Environment Agency and another to the road safety team at East Sussex County Council
Hey Mack, open the gates will ya
Tempers fray at Rye’s level crossings, folks in cars eager to get on, frustrated by the wait for the gates to open. What’s the delay mate? Get a move on! Gawd, is it him again, the geezer who punishes our impatience? And what, in John Howlett’s imagination, has that got to do with Bertolt Brecht and the night he nearly blew up Royal Tun Wells?