Brexit Update No. 4 “Shortly after eight in the morning came the first resignation.  Someone no one had ever heard of quitting a job no one knew he had.” – Jon Crace This is at least my fourth piece about Brexit, which is not bad considering I studiously avoid the subject… Theresa May It was […]

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North Node enters Cancer Last week (on 6th November) the True North Node left Leo and entered Cancer.  So you may have seen the beginnings of this cycle.  This week (on Friday) the Mean North Node enters Cancer.  In terms of timing, we are currently (on this Armistice Day) between the two, and certainly within […]

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Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Profile of a Philanthropist Week long funeral ceremonies are under way in Thailand for the owner of Leicester Football Club Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a helicopter accident while leaving a local match at 8.30 p.m. on Saturday 27th October.  He seems to have been a very special man, charitable and well loved, […]

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Fleetwood Mac – A Soul Group – Part 5:  Rumours “The making of Rumours almost killed us” ~ Mick Fleetwood Fleetwood Mac are in the news again, on two counts.  One, for their court case with Lindsey Buckingham.  And two, for their forthcoming tour.  They apparently fired Lindsey in January, and he has sued.  A […]

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Strictly Come Dancing 2018 – Part 3 Here is the last blog analysing the remaining contestants in this competition.  Maybe I have saved the best till last, as it happens. Seann Walsh Over the last two weeks, Seann and Katya have been the talk of Strictly, and to some extent have diverted attention from the […]

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Jamal Khashoggi The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi seemingly within the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul remains a mystery.  It has been claimed that the Saudi Arabian journalist was killed inside the embassy, as he did not emerge.  Khashoggi was a long term critic of the Saudi regime, on issues such as women’s rights and the […]

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Charles Aznavour (1924 – 2018) “He knew that the real France was a France of welcome.  This son of immigrants, who had not studied, knew that in France … the French language was a sanctuary more sacred than any other.” ~ Emmanuel Macron Charles Aznavour, popularly known as the French Frank Sinatra, was born in […]

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Brett Kavanaugh In the confirmation process to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, nominated by Donald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh went head to head with Christine Blasey Ford in their testimonies this Thursday about her allegation of attempted rape in their youth.  The speculation about who was telling the truth split Republicans and […]

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Strictly Come Dancing 2018 – Part 2 We are being served our first opportunity to see the contestants compete this weekend, and so it is time to take a look at the next four with their eye on the glitterball. Lee Ryan Lee Ryan, member of the boy band Blue, has Sun in Gemini conjunct […]

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Fenella Fielding (1927 – 2018) “She reminds me of the great raconteur Quentin Crisp – the same love of language, mastery of its rhythms, perfectly formed sentences, and a joie de vivre even when relating her profound despair.” –  The Guardian Fenella Fielding may well have been before your time, dear reader.  But in my […]

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