Byzantium Review and other stuff

There is still time to catch Byzantium in Hastings! We went down to the Odeon on Friday night. I must have had the seat with the stickiest patch of carpet in the entire cinema –…

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Senior screen, pink azaleas, badger cull and too much cake!

     Not the best week really.  Weather was lovely last Sunday and Monday, and we did lots of gardening, but it has been dull, cold, wet and grey since.  I have had sinus trouble –…

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Biba in Brighton, Rigoletto in Hastings, strange goings-on at the De La Warr.

We went over to Brighton on the train to visit the Biba exhibition at the Museum – and to have a sunny day out.       Given that we had a flat in Brighton (or ‘Hove…

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Herrings and cattern cakes at Hastings Herring Festival – and Skyfall

Well, honestly, this wet weather is getting a bit much.      It rained solidly yesterday – we went down into town and saw Skyfall at the Hastings Odeon.  Shared the cinema with most of the…

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Royal Opera House, National Theatre – in Hastings Odeon…

Well, we have been to sample the ‘live feed’ performances beamed from illustrious temples of Metropolitan culture to us provincial yokels. In our case, down the road in the sticky-floored Hastings Odeon. A couple of…

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