Battleaxe tries to be a poet

Battleaxe is getting into writing poetry, and last week was particularly poetic. On Wednesday I went up to London to read some of my poems at the Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden.      I was…

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A very English week with Hastings Battleaxe

This week there was a rumpus about the delivery of  22 million free ‘English’ editions of the Sun. What a waste of paper – I will post ours back using their Freepost if I can…

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Horrors at the White Rock, then Battleaxe the writer gets a boost

I think I can safely say I have never seen anything as bad as the Christmas Crooners show at the White Rock Theatre.     Went on a WI outing. The person who had booked the…

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Redoubt Fortress, Martello Towers, Writers’ Group, Women’s Institute

We went to Eastbourne and visited the Redoubt Fortress on our way to Waitrose.      Philosopher has bought a book on Martello Towers and it mentioned the fortress, which apparently oversaw all the 74 towers…

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Hastings Half-term, Great Storm? traffic traumas, Brum again….

Last week was grand daughter Eve’s half-term.      On Monday morning we drove up to Beaconsfield Services to collect her from her Dad – yes, I said drove, and yes up the A21, even though…

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