Oh no – Jerwood again – I promise this is the last…

Blogging about the Jerwood is getting boring.  Trouble is, I really, really want the gallery to do well for Hastings – I want it to be successful and an asset to our town.  I want…

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Return to Sorrento De De De De Deee Da etc

Dee..d aaaa….Torna a Surriento.Well, we did, six years after our first visit. That song was composed on the terrace of our hotel, the Tramontano. It is hard to sit in a restaurant in the town…

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Jerwood Gallery prices – a survey, Zumba and…Italy

Firstly, Jerwood prices.  Was motivated to write this because of a very sensible letter in this week’s Observer, saying that the Jerwood’s membership prices were too high.  The admission prices have always felt too high…

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Coastal Currents Arts – and good Hastings walk

Another enormously long walk last weekend – something I really like about Hastings is how you can go on such interesting walks, so many of which are off the road via twittens, through woods etc. …

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Hastings Recycling – Not good enough

Well, it is high time Battleaxe had a rant! Here in Hastings, a new household waste recycling tip has just opened at Freshfields, replacing the interesting but somewhat smelly and third world set-up we had…

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