Hastings Battleaxe returns from Cornwall amid Covid chaos…

Hastings Battleaxe was born in December 2011, as a way of letting our friends and family back in Birmingham know about our new life here in Hastings. Now, in March 2020, Battleaxe is still going…

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Hastings Battleaxe and the Puppini Sisters

No, she wasn’t actually on stage with them… Hastings Battleaxe went to see the Puppini Sisters, with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, at St Mary in the Castle, on Saturday night. I love that close harmony…

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How much worse can it all get?

Of course, it could be much worse… we could be flooded out of our home, with everything ruined, no insurance and no hope of selling our house. We could be in Syria. We could be…

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‘The Cellist’ Hastings Battleaxe at the Ballet

Well, Hastings Battleaxe not actually at the ballet – more like at a Royal Opera House screening at the Kino in St Leonard’s. I had read a review, by Will Gompertz, of the Royal Ballet’s…

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Hastings Battleaxe recommends Vienna

Just got back yesterday after a lovely few days – even the weather did its best. An excellent hotel, good value and very convenient, and some great things to see… we didn’t do the half…

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