Battleaxe has a middle-of-the-road birthday celebration in Eastbourne.

It was my birthday, so we went for a pleasant, undemanding day out. As usual, a hot sunny day. We had an excellent lunch at La Locanda Del Duca, a wonderful, old-fashioned Italian Restaurant in…

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Battleaxe tried three new things and didn’t like any of them.

Battleaxe tried three things last week which did not work out well. First, an experiment to try a new book club. I love going to my WI group, but I thought as an author it…

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Comrades in Art exhibition at the Towner and other things…

What an unexpected pleasure! ‘Comrades in Art: Artists against Fascism’, a really great exhibition, dominated Battleaxe’s week. It even overshadowed a frazzlingly hot visit to Great Dixter, meeting friend Jan’s grandson for the first time,…

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A busy WI book week for Hastings Battleaxe

Two WI book talks, but have been doing other things as well. Lunch with friends Jill and Ros at a new restaurant, and it was the fifteenth birthday of our WI, so gave a little…

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Breathe in the lavender….and relax?

Relax? Well, if you count enforced relaxation due to the heat. It does get a bit boring. Yesterday Philosopher and I decided, heat or not, we’d have to do something, so we went to see…

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