We can all get too familiar with our surroundings and somehow not see them in the way we once did.
Spanning 1066 Country, Coastal Currents is a festival which encourages artists and performers to re-examine the locations around them, to find a new way to use them, and thereby challenge the rest of us to effectively see them for the first time again.
September // East Sussex
Landscape
Pevensey Bay is an old fishing village founded in the 1600s and is famously known as William of Normandy’s landing place in 1066. It is now a popular seaside destination. Pevensey village dates back to the 13th century and the nearby Pevensey Levels are a natural haven for wild birds, flowers and animals.
Story | Art | Landscape | Wine
There’s a gentle landscape that follows the eastern margin of Sussex. It unfolds across the Weald through ancient woodlands, broadening out to a quiet hinterland, a place defined by its three rivers.
Turner Prize 2023 | Turner Prize 2023 | Art
If you’re in Eastbourne to see the Turner Prize 2023 exhibition, here are just a few of the exciting wraparound events to get involved with.
By Bus | News
Cuckmere Buses, a charitable organisation providing essential transportation in the Cuckmere Valley area, is on the lookout for new volunteer drivers to join its dedicated team. To find out more about the role, Sussex Modern spoke to driver Rachel Keaney, who has been offering her driving expertise to the charity for the last 12 years.
News | Art
Make like twentieth century radical artists Lee Miller, Vanessa Bell, and Ivon Hitchens – escape the city and hotfoot it to Sussex!
Wine
Celebrating the Art and Craft of Exceptional English Wine
Story | Art
Take the Coastal Culture Trail between three award-winning galleries: Towner Eastbourne, De La Warr Pavilion, and Hastings Contemporary.
Events
An immersive, spoken word audio journey embedded into the iconic chalk landscape of Sussex is bringing fresh perspectives and a new walking experience to the iconic Seven Sisters Country Park and the Sussex Heritage Coast.
Overnight | Accommodation | Self-catering
Get away from it all at this picturesque cottage situated among 600-acres of vines on the Rathfinny Wine Estate.
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