What Labour’s dire election results mean — by a former party candidate

The pollution threat from bio-beads was known after Cornish disaster 15 years ago

Right-turn in Sussex by-election: a sign of things to come?

Carols are only part of the festive mix. It started with the pagans

The US election result sends a stark message to the UK - Labour has a lot to do and Starmer...

Sewage is one of the key issues for disillusioned Conservative voters in this traditional Tory town

Boost for Sussex bypass protesters as Labour says it will divert cash to repair roads

In the week the Rwanda Bill becomes law, we're republishing this article from 2020 to ask 'What's changed?'

Elias Sime makes beautiful art from our electronic waste. But it sheds light on the ugly side of runaway technology

Original sketches by the legendary children’s book illustrator go on show at an East Sussex gallery

Shock resignations by councillors forge a new political alignment as fresh elections loom

Rick Dillon attended the funeral of James Cory-Wright, Sussex Bylines diarist

Our friend James – who celebrated life in words and song

Caribbean and Nigerian cultures are celebrated by two contrasting artists in new exhibitions at Hastings Contemporary

Playing politics with planning rules threatens the survival of wildlife sites. We learn about the potential consequences in one part...

On Mick Jagger's birthday we look back on an enduring legend, while Brighton celebrates the reopening of a venue of...

Low traffic neighbourhoods are under attack. But really, car drivers have little to worry about – and communities much to...

It's not often a Buddhist puts on the mayoral chain of office. But Worthing's new Mayor explains how it guides...

A determined, committed campaign by the Lib Dem party in Chichester succeeded in winning over voters disillusioned with the Tories

Celebrations of all things Sussex unites an historic, proud county – both East and West

Local election results in Sussex show a weakening of Conservative support in previous strongholds. What will that mean for the...

Bylines writer Rick Dillon asked ChatGPT to write him an article on the benefits or otherwise of idleness. Here's what...

East Sussex County council is under pressure to make 20mph the default speed limit in towns and villages

Stimulating contrasts characterise the three very different exhibitions at Hastings Contemporary. Rick Dillon reports

Water companies are in the spotlight like never before thanks to public protests and campaigners like Feargal Sharkey.

The Government's new plans for tackling the UK sewage crisis won't deliver the radical change needed

Labour's newly selected candidate Helena Dollimore turns up the heat on the Tories in marginal Hastings & Rye

Boris Johnson's got it wrong: Working From Home is just as productive as a day in the office, says Rick...

Seafaring – the latest art show at Hastings Contemporary – deserves to a be a smash hit, writes Rick Dillon

Rick Dillon analyses the local election results in Sussex, with big gains for Labour and Greens