Sidney Poitier (1927 – 2022) “I was a pretty good actor and I believed in brotherhood. I hated racism and segregation. And I was a symbol against those things.” ~ Sidney Poitier The iconic actor Sidney Poitier died on Friday this week, at the age of 94.  It seems astonishing to think that in the […]

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Stephen Sondheim (1930 – 2021)  “Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground You in mid-air Send in the clowns”  ~ Stephen Sondheim Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, winner of several Tony awards, died this week, at the age of 91.  He played a crucial role in the development […]

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F.W. de Klerk F.W. de Klerk, President of South Africa between the years 1989 and 1994, died this week at the age of 85.  He was fated to play an extraordinary historic role in leading the country out of apartheid, together with his fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela.  It was a huge achievement, […]

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Clive Sinclair (1940 – 2021) “Once you start to make machines that are rivalling and surpassing humans with intelligence, it’s going to be very difficult for us to survive. It’s just an inevitability.” ~ Sir Clive Sinclair Inventor Sir Clive Sinclair died just over a week ago, and what a character he was!  His life […]

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Don Everly (1937 – 2021) “That´s the price of love, the price of love The debt you pay with tears and pain The price of love, the price of love Costs you more when you´re to blame” ~ lyrics by Don and Phil Everly Singer Don Everly, one half of the melodic duo with his […]

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Una Stubbs (1937 – 2021) Una Stubbs, veteran actress and dancer, died on Thursday 12th August aged 84.  She has been warmly praised for her kind nature by those who worked with her. Birth Chart Although we do not have a birth time/Ascendant, she has a distinctive Element pattern: 6 (over half) of her planets […]

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Amy Winehouse “We only said goodbye with words I died a hundred times You go back to her And I go back to black” ~ Amy Winehouse It is ten years since the passing of Amy Winehouse from alcohol poisoning, at the tender age of 27. I wrote at the time: “Amy Winehouse is the Janis […]

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Shirley Williams (1930 – 2021) a “Liberal lion and a true trailblazer” – ~ Ed Davey Shirley Williams, who died at the age of 90 this week on Monday 12th April, was a member of that rare breed: a popular politician.  She became an M.P. in 1964 when to be a female M.P. was also […]

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Prince Philip (1921 – 2021) It is sad to think of the Queen without her consort of 70 years.  Prince Philip was in his own right a larger than life character, and these last two days his death at the age of 99 has dominated our screens and newspapers.  He has been praised, not least […]

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Caroline Flack (1979 – 2020) We started the week with a mental health issue (Meghan Markle) and at the end of the week we were reminded of the death by suicide a year ago of Caroline Flack, who was also hounded by the press.  On Wednesday evening there will be a screening of a television […]

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