Hastings Battleaxe enjoys Winchelsea Beach

It’s funny how Battleaxe often appreciates the lovely places around us when they are viewed through the eyes of people who don’t live here. Our friends Sue and Alex came down to stay from Birmingham.…

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Is Britain descending into fascism? Or is it just summer riots…

To start with, of course Hastings Battleaxe condemns and utterly abhors the wave of right-wing fermented violent thuggery going on right now. Battleaxe loathes the Reform and Tory right-fanatics who dare to call themselves politicians.…

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Summer in Hastings with the Battleaxe

The last two posts have been about particular outings, so let’s stick close to home this time. Weather has been changeable, to put it mildly. You’ll see that a number of photos are from the…

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A visit to the Crossness Engines

Yes, on Sunday Hastings Battleaxe was off again, this time to the Crossness Engines in Abbey Wood, down towards the Thames estuary. Described as  ‘A Cathedral on the Marsh’, the Crossness Pumping Station, built in…

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Hastings Battleaxe views Now You See Us at Tate Britain

Have so much to write about – again – and have had so little time to do it. I’ll do a couple of catch-up posts but will start with our most recent trip to London,…

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