Hastings Battleaxe and the Hastings International Piano Competition

This post will be piano-focused. Our trip to London for lunch at Rules with the Duke of Kent – well – not quite – he was at the next table – will have to wait…

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Hastings Battleaxe visits Hastings Museum while despairing of the political situation.

Battleaxe was going to write about politics – she enjoys a good rant from time to time, but everything keeps changing from day to day. One minute I planned to write about the Greens, the…

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It’s still raining and Hastings Battleaxe goes to Cookham

Cookham? Why Cookham…? Philosopher has always wanted to visit the Stanley Spencer Gallery there, so we decided on a break for a couple of nights. We certainly needed a break – with the terrible weather…

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Getting back to normal with Hastings Battleaxe

Yes, I hope normality will soon be here. Battleaxe is still feeling a bit weak and woozy, but better than I did, and normal activities are resuming. Have even been up to London for a…

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Battleaxe is back after a long delay…

Longest delay ever since Battleaxe last blogged. It must be a month. People are asking what has happened. That is quite flattering – to be missed. But why no writing? I can’t pretend I’ve been…

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