Hastings Battleaxe gets to Unravel at the Barbican.

Unravel, The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, to give the exhibition its full title. Went up to London with friend Jan, who leads on our WI’s craft activities. I am not, by and…

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Hastings Battleaxe comes late to the Turner Prize party

Late indeed. The Turner Prize exhibition of the short-listed work by four artists has been on at the Towner in Eastbourne since September, and the prize was awarded in December, to Jesse Darling, for his…

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Battleaxe visits exhibitions in Chichester and London.

Chichester is a week ago already! Forgot I hadn’t written about our little break. What else? Has been freezing cold here – our heating bill will be through the roof. Goodness knows how people are…

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Hastings Battleaxe clocks up another year

Yes, it was my birthday on Tuesday! On Monday, hurrah, our garden was finally finished. Wednesday, went up to London with some WI chums to see the Andy Warhol textiles exhibition at the Fashion and…

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A sunny morning in St Leonards and other things

Well, first, some positives. A sunny morning, so we went for one of our favourite short walks around St Leonards – shops, galleries, architecture, gardens and flowers, sea… Have written about it before but will…

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