Merchant and Mills

Mapp and Lucia

Readings from Benson and Kipling

What better way to spend a late afternoon than by listening to Informal and entertaining readings in the ambience of Lamb House garden

Time to spring into action

As the spring flowers appear other attractions and activities are also springing back to life

As scene from my window

A Market Street curtain-twitcher with a bird's eye view scoops a preview of the latest "action" on the film set of Mapp and Lucia

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

Mapp and Lucia eyed by a local

Filming is all very well but what do the neighbours think?

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

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

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