Battleaxe lunches in style at St John’s College Cambridge.

We are back from a weekend in Cambridge, where Philosopher went to St John’s College as a young man. Would you believe he started in 1963? Anyway, every so often they arrange lunches for selected…

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Racing for Life and WI book talk

Last Sunday Battleaxe joined her WI colleagues for the Cancer Research Race for Life in  Alexandra Park. I realise that we have been doing this as a WI for ten years – have the medals…

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Hastings Battleaxe blows hot and cold.

Last week, it was certainly hot… unbelievably hot. Battleaxe and Philosopher didn’t even go outside, despite the fact we have a lovely new all-covering sun umbrella/canopy in the back garden. It was too hot to…

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Hot weather in Hastings

One of the hottest May weekends ever, Battleaxe understands. Have had a quietish time since we got back from Morecambe. With the exception of one very wet day on Tuesday, when I was supposed to…

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Hastings Battleaxe pops up to Morecambe

Nothing about politics today, thank goodnes. Popping up to Morecambe – all the way up in Lancashire? Nearly at the Lake District? Really? We visited the town in September 2025, as part of our great…

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