Sleeping Beauty panto at the White Rock – Hastings Battleaxe review

Well, it’s Panto time again……. and Hastings Battleaxe accepts the free tickets, the wine and nibbles to go to the Press Night  and review the Sleeping Beauty at the White Rock theatre.  Philosopher came too…

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Battleaxe recommends – Robin Hood at Icklesham

A quick post – but a real Battleaxe recommendation. Earlier in the week we went out for our WI Christmas do to the Robin Hood at Icklesham, and they put on the most fantastic do for…

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Hastings Battleaxe reads her poems – a bit scary

Hastings Battleaxe has done poetry readings on two occasions recently: at the WI Literary Lunch, and at a combined choir/music poetry concert at St Clement’s Church in Hastings Old Town. It surprises me a bit…

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Paula Rego at the Jerwood Gallery – Battleaxe reviews

It is ages since I ‘reviewed’ an exhibition at the Jerwood. On Sunday Philosopher and I went – his first visit to the gallery since his hip operation – he won’t go back to his…

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Thoughts on the WI – our Annual Meeting

At the moment, I can’t drag my thoughts much beyond the WI – it was our Annual Meeting on Tuesday, and on Saturday it is our Winter Bazaar.  I’ve written about our Bazaars before –…

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