Great Hastings Philharmonic concert – Battleaxe gets up close and personal…

An absolutely great night last night at St Mary in the Castle with the Hastings Philharmonic – The Elgar Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky Symphony 5.  The Elgar is one of Battleaxe’s favourite pieces ever, and…

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Hastings Battleaxe emerges from her lair……

Silly me, thinking that the fuss about my blog had died down.  How wrong could I be? Last week Battleaxe was in national media s**t storm.  Note to other bloggers – you may think massive …

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A sad week for Battleaxe – she de-platforms herself…..

Last week, Battleaxe had a bad week.  Firstly, I got into trouble about the last blog post, about the WI. Next, I supposedly made a culturally-insensitive boo boo at the WI Annual Meeting and got…

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A busy WI week…. Hastings Battleaxe has a rant….

Phew, tiring week – and would you believe my achilles tendon is bad again – too much walking too soon.  I was over at Hailsham for a East Sussex WI Federation Board of Trustees meeting…

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Cornwall – and back home to the Mini-Beast

Yesterday we returned from our annual trip to Sennen Cove in Cornwall with our old friends Sue and Alex and Sue and Graham from Birmingham. We returned a bit earlier than planned because of the…

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