Hastings Battleaxe sticks close to home

Yes, readers, at home this time, honest! When Battleaxe is here, she’s busy. Well, people will say, she ought to be here more… Take yesterday (Saturday) as an example. Craft Fair, Conquest Friends AGM, and…

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Hastings Battleaxe hopes for Spring and enjoyed her tea.

Today is the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and the situation shows no signs of being resolved. It has actually got worse – on-going destruction and  misery for the Ukrainian people,…

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All Change for the Nation…Hastings Battleaxe reflects.

Battleaxe couldn’t call herself a blogger if she didn’t write about the events of the last few days. Boris Johnson finally went, to be replaced by the charmless Liz Truss, who promptly appointed a cabinet…

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Another case of Boscombe Downs Syndrome?

Another? Aren’t we talking about the Prittster Patel and the Rwanda fiasco?  For sure, the other night the infamous transportation flight never left the tarmac at Boscombe Down, near Amesbury, the former RAF base, but…

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A tough week – WhatsApp super-scam and the funeral

A tough week indeed. Battleaxe feels totally wrecked, and if me and Philosopher have avoided Covid it will be a miracle. I’ll start with the scam and work though to my sister’s funeral, because that…

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