Sarina Wiegman “The success of Sarina: she is always herself” ~ Hans Verheij Last Sunday afternoon, a nation watched as the Lionesses, our Women’s football team, triumphed in the final of the UEFA champions league.  The match was nailbitingly close, involved a penalty shoot out, and represented a second such triumph for the team’s manager, […]

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Fauja Singh (1911 – 2025) “The first 20 miles are not difficult. As for last six miles, I run while talking to God.” ~ Fauja Singh Fauja Singh, a British Indian marathon runner, died last Monday aged 114.  I was interested to investigate his birth chart.  The problem is, he did not have a birth […]

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Aries Archetypes This is the third of my new series specifically on astrological Archetypes.  We are now in the month of Aries, and it is time to embrace the potential of that sign, turning the spotlight on its Archetypes.  The Sun entered Aries on Thursday 20th March, and we have here in the U.K. had […]

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Geoff Capes (1949 – 2024) “The World’s Strongest Man” Shot putter Geoff Capes has died at the age of 75.  He was a household name, earning the epithet of “The World’s Strongest Man”.  I now have a new Archetype to explore, “The Strongman Archetype”, which I have started to investigate.  He still holds the British […]

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Sven-Goran Eriksson (1948 – 2024) “I was looked upon as a distinctly average defender, but someone who rarely made mistakes” ~ Sven-Goran Eriksson Football Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson died last Monday, aged 76.  He made his mark as the first foreign manager of England’s team, and under his regime they came tantalizingly close to victory.  He […]

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Farewell Gareth Southgate “We have the best fans in the world, and their support has meant the world to me. I’m an England fan and I always will be…I look forward to watching and celebrating as the players go on to create more special memories and to connect and inspire the nation as we know […]

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Wimbledon 2024 – Week 2  Wimbledon coverage was vying with Election Coverage and Euros coverage for most of last week, but hoping we can settle down to some serious tennis viewing this week!  We said an emotional farewell to Andy Murray after his doubles match with his brother Jamie.  As promised, I am looking at […]

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Wimbledon 2024 Here we are again, Wimbledon season!  I am looking at the top four women’s and men’s Seeds, while fully aware that my attempts to cover Roland Garros were unsuccessful.  I tended to pick the underdog players, but that tournament went with the top Seeds.  However, I learned a lot from that, and am […]

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Euros 2024 I thought I would take a look at the Captains of the top four team favorites in the Euros football contest.  France is first, with the odds of 4/1; England is second, also with the odds of 4/1; Germany is third, with the odds of 5/1; and Portugal is 4th, with the odds […]

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Rob Burrow (1982 – 2024) A beacon of bravery, fortitude and optimism, the rugby player Rob Burrow who died this week, aged only 41, from a long illness of Motor Neurone Disease, was regarded as a hero who raised the profile of the disease and did much for the charity which needed to find something […]

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