Hastings Battleaxe recommends Vienna

Just got back yesterday after a lovely few days – even the weather did its best. An excellent hotel, good value and very convenient, and some great things to see… we didn’t do the half…

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Hastings Battleaxe and Storm Ciara

Firstly, all, you pronouce it Ki-ara, not Keera… The big story was watching the lifeboat struggling to land down by the sea. Have just passed up the chance of my five minutes of fame to…

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Living on the margins with Hastings Battleaxe

Battleaxe is just beginning life on the margins, firstly as a European, but also as part of an endangered minority – a member of the soft left/Centre whatever you call it thse days, and as…

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Our last days in the EU – some good, some less so…

We are now in our last week before we leave the EU… I won’t go on about it, but it hovers at the edge of my consciousness like a nasty floater in the eye. Life…

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Hastings Battleaxe has a clear-out…

Yes, as I mentioned in my New Year’s post, 2020 is going to be the year that Hastings Battleaxe and Philosopher have a clear-out. It has already started…. Why, oh why, you may ask.  Well,…

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