‘Saul’ at Glyndebourne – an utterly mesmerising experience

Earlier in the week, we went to Glyndebourne, to see Handel’s Saul with our old friends Bob and Alison.     You may think that I had been called in to stand in for one of…

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Kino Teatr, St Leonard’s – a great night out

We decided that this, our first full-length night out since my operation, was our belated wedding anniversary outing. We very much enjoyed a meal plus a film at the new Kino Teatr in  Norman Road,…

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Bratby Selection Day at the Jerwood – our pictures take part!

‘Everything but the Kitchen Sink including the kitchen sink’. That’s the title of the forthcoming John Bratby exhibition at the Jerwood, coming in January 2016. They invited people to submit their own Bratbys for the…

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Conquest Hospital again….. Gallbladder this time!

The NHS may be in crisis, the Conquest Hospital in Hastings is now in ‘Special Measures’, but Battleaxe’s treatment has been just fine, thanks. Am just emerging into the land of the living from an operation…

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Scotney Castle – beautiful Autumn visit

Battleaxe is clearly having a National Trust moment. Less than a week after Bateman’s we decided to go to Scotney Castle. I hardly dare confess that we had never visited after travelling past it on…

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