Voice and Vote Exhibition – Battleaxe visits in a mad, mad week….

The first week back from holiday is always strange, but right now, the world is completely mad….. The Government seems to be in a state of collapse, Brexit hangs on a knife-edge. Trump, World Cup,…

View Post

From Cirali,Turkey, to sizzling Hastings

Don’t think I’ve ever experienced this. Get on the plane in Antalya,  temperature in the high 30s, get out at Gatwick at 5.40pm – felt almost as hot.  I know it isn’t in the high…

View Post

Hastings Battleaxe and Sky Arts – not a telly star this time

Now for something completely different: Some people may remember us saying that we had another telly appearance coming up? Holman Hunt the painter? Sky Arts?  I wasn’t supposed to write about it until the programme…

View Post

Hastings Battleaxe takes a look…. at the Hastings Pier saga

Now don’t get too excited. Battleaxe is not going to write anything that could lead to her being plastered across the tabloids again – have had enough trouble with that already this year. I’ll stick…

View Post

Battleaxe in Bristol – enjoyed the SS Great Britain

A couple of days in Bristol, visiting Anna and Gareth – a general catch-up plus a visit to the new house they are buying.  The highlight for me was visiting the SS Great Britain –…

View Post