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Forest Row resident, Rodney Earl Clarke is a star of the opera and musical theatre worlds, currently performing in the current line-up of Les Misérables is about to release his new single ‘MANTRA’ ‘Mantra’ is the closing track of Voices for Reconciliation, a Contemporary Requiem and it was especially written for Rodney Earl Clarke by…

This Easter holiday, spend precious time together as a family for pirate-themed fun and nature-filled discoveries at Borde Hill Garden, just 25 minutes from Forest Row.  Being outside in nature has numerous health and wellbeing benefits, and in line with current government guidance the local community and Borde Hill Members can enjoy fresh air and…

On International Women’s Day, we celebrated the inspirational women in our lives and reflected on the contributions made by the extraordinary community leaders in Wealden. I greatly miss the late Helen Taylor Thompson OBE, who lived in Nutley and was my confidant, adviser and my favourite stop for a cup of tea on my travels…

Peter the Puffin written by local author, Anthony Mitchell, tells the story of a mischievous puffin from the moment he was born until the moment ……… You will have to read the book to find out! In 2009 Anthony who lives in West Sussex founded a registered charity called “The Loiyangalani Trust”.  The charity raises…

Ever since childhood, I’ve always been fascinated by the impact art can have on a person. Embodying an idea, emotion, concept or story that a thousand words may struggle to convey, art – as I’m sure you know – has regularly been used as a valuable tool for communication to induce thinking, trigger emotion, and…

Forest Row is a picturesque, sleepy village in the cradle of the Ashdown Forest, where the deer and the unicorns play, and natural healers perform everyday miracles with crystals. Or alternatively, it’s a grim, forgotten outpost of East Grinstead; a seething hotbed of intolerance, judgement, class division and badly-knitted things.  It may be that none…