Life in the time of CoronaVirus

Back on March 6 Battleaxe used the headline ‘How Much Worse can it all get?’ Well, a fat lot I knew. Now look at us. The country is in so-called ‘Lock-down’.  Surprisingly enough, I feel…

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How much worse can it all get?

Of course, it could be much worse… we could be flooded out of our home, with everything ruined, no insurance and no hope of selling our house. We could be in Syria. We could be…

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Rigoletto at Glyndebourne

That time of year already! Battleaxe readers will know that every year we go to over for one of the afternoon pre-tour productions. This year it was Rigoletto, and we went with friends Shaun, Bob…

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Monk’s House, Rodmell – a visit with Hastings Battleaxe

Well, this will be the last blog post before my Big Birthday at the end of this week.  Exciting things are afoot – will reveal all after the day! Last week we went with old…

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Antiques Roadshow in Battle

Well, try anything once is Battleaxe’s motto – well, it used to be her motto, perhaps not so much these days – bungee jumping off a Thai ravine while under the influence of crystal meth…

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