Have just returned from a full-on and enjoyable weekend at Denman, the WI’s residential college, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. Went with three friends from Hastings, read some poetry and spent my days on a singing…
View PostYes, my actual blood pressure is rising. I had to go down to the doctor earlier in this week. ‘Are you stressed about anything?’ he enquired, after prescribing stronger medication. ‘Well, yes,’ I replied, ‘Christmas,…
View PostWell, we know Philosopher is a winner anyway, but have just done an article for the Hastings Observer on behalf of the WEA (Workers’ Educational Association) about his winning ways, so thought a Hastings Battleaxe…
View PostSunday was Armistice Day 2018 – the 11th day of the 11th month, exactly 100 years after the end of WW1. A significant and poignant anniversary. The country was flooded in a red poppy tide,…
View PostCroquet? Really? Yes. I just realised a post is overdue, am ready to throw myself into the Hastings Lit Fest later today and tomorrow, so thought I’d do something completely different…. Have played croquet a…
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