Comrades in Art exhibition at the Towner and other things…

What an unexpected pleasure! ‘Comrades in Art: Artists against Fascism’, a really great exhibition, dominated Battleaxe’s week. It even overshadowed a frazzlingly hot visit to Great Dixter, meeting friend Jan’s grandson for the first time,…

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Battleaxe wonders about the Labour Party…

Just had a quick glimpse of the current state of the Labour Party at a local event to elect the parliamentary candidate for this constituency (see previous post for background).  According to the right-wing media…

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Battleaxe is blooming… with what?

Blooms all round. Sorry I have not been writing this as often as I should – am very fixated on writing my novel at the moment. Life Chez Battleaxe is pretty much back to normal…

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Sun and storms with Hastings Battleaxe

Well, the Election results came in, with predictable disasters for Labour, and the next day we had a beautiful sunny outing to the last garden on our local list, Great Dixter. Have done various Zoomy…

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Wild Garlic in Alexandra Park, King Lear and Great Dixter

Just had a busy few days.      Our friend Bill from Birmingham came to stay. Among other things we did the long walk from here, across the West Hill, down through Alexandra Park, up to…

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