Kino in Rye – ghostly town and ghostly Flying Dutchman

Last week we made our first visit to the new Kino cinema in Rye – Battleaxe promised to visit this in a recent post about the Kino in Hawkhurst.      Well, the Rye Kino is…

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Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, Hastings and Brightling

One of the founders of the campaign for women’s suffrage, Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, lived most of her life in or near Hastings, and sadly, is little known or celebrated in her home town. I’m…

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Bodiam Castle to Beachy Head. Granny Battleaxe on parade!

Busy Busy. Last weekend I couldn’t help with the WI Cardi Gras event (part of Fat Tuesday) because we went to a neighbour’s wedding. Wedding was at the Durbar Hall in the Museum – what…

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The Ladykillers at the Stables – and a striking textile exhibition

A quick update.  Went to the Stables last night to see The Ladykillers – it was excellent, one of the best Stables plays I have seen. Unfortunately it ends on 14 February, but there is…

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Chantal Joffe at the Jerwood. Get that poor man some ointment!

Oh, that lovely week in Madeira seems ages ago already. It was a shock landing at Gatwick into grey, sleety gloom, but fortunately the weather has now improved – almost springlike.      On Sunday we…

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