Hastings Battleaxe has a bookish time…

Very bookish. Had a stall at the Hastings Book Festival Book Fair on Saturday, and did a WI book talk in Eastbourne on Monday. The two novels are currently selling slowly but steadily, and Battleaxe…

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Chichester, Romeo and Juliet… and other things

This time last week we were in Chichester – one of our periodic visits, where we stay at 4 Canon Lane and visit the Pallant House Gallery. This year the visit was not quite as…

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Battleaxe tried three new things and didn’t like any of them.

Battleaxe tried three things last week which did not work out well. First, an experiment to try a new book club. I love going to my WI group, but I thought as an author it…

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Comrades in Art exhibition at the Towner and other things…

What an unexpected pleasure! ‘Comrades in Art: Artists against Fascism’, a really great exhibition, dominated Battleaxe’s week. It even overshadowed a frazzlingly hot visit to Great Dixter, meeting friend Jan’s grandson for the first time,…

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A busy WI book week for Hastings Battleaxe

Two WI book talks, but have been doing other things as well. Lunch with friends Jill and Ros at a new restaurant, and it was the fifteenth birthday of our WI, so gave a little…

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