National Treasure reaches 100 while country drifts towards fascism…

Not a great day for our country. It is poignant that on the very day that David Attenborough reaches 100, we are getting news  of massive swings to Reform in the local elections. I will…

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Quick update on things Hastings Battleaxe has missed

Battleaxe is doing this quick post because she has a very busy time coming up… What’s new you may say, but honestly, have tried to take it easy. Last time I mentioned our lunch at…

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Hastings Battleaxe and the Hastings International Piano Competition

This post will be piano-focused. Our trip to London for lunch at Rules with the Duke of Kent – well – not quite – he was at the next table – will have to wait…

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Hastings Battleaxe visits Hastings Museum while despairing of the political situation.

Battleaxe was going to write about politics – she enjoys a good rant from time to time, but everything keeps changing from day to day. One minute I planned to write about the Greens, the…

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It’s still raining and Hastings Battleaxe goes to Cookham

Cookham? Why Cookham…? Philosopher has always wanted to visit the Stanley Spencer Gallery there, so we decided on a break for a couple of nights. We certainly needed a break – with the terrible weather…

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