Scrabbleman – a Hastings puzzle?

Scrabbleman? No, Scrabblewoman So, I’ve seen the BBC News, I’ve read about it in the Hastings and St Leonard’s Observer…. the Philosopher said to me last night, “Do you fancy a game of Scrabble?”  He…

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The Good Scone Guide to Hastings

Up-date! The complete Good Scone Guide has now been published on my sister blog.  See the complete piece now on Bombastic Battleaxe For one of the regular competitive writing exercises at the Hastings Writers’ Group,…

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Battleaxe finds home with Pre-Raphaelites

We will be on the move soon from our present interim house in Harold Road to our forever home further up the valley where we can look straight down to the sunlight on the sparkly…

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Good Friday in Hastings Old Town

One of my fellow members of the Hastings Writers Group told me about the annual Stations of the Cross Procession or Passion Play in the Old Town.      She was playing Mary, Mother of Jesus,…

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Turner Margate vs Hastings Jerwood – Jerwood wins!!

OK, I take back my gripes (only small ones, remember) about the Jerwood.  Yesterday we went to Margate for the first time to visit the Turner Contemporary.  The first, and main, thing that struck us…

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