Strictly Come Dancing 2019 – Part 1 And now something completely different…from politics.  Last night, the contestants for this year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing were matched up with their professional partners. Here are my first four contestants.  I struggled to find some that I already knew.  Jamie Laing has already left the contest.  As […]

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Peter Fonda (1940 – 2019) “Head out on the highway Looking for adventure In whatever comes our way …Born to be wild” ~ Steppenwolf, theme song for Easy Rider Going back to the 1960s today, in tribute to Peter Fonda, who died this week.  He is bound to the iconic role he played in “Easy […]

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Marianne Williamson “There is no order of difficulty in Miracles” ~ from A Course in Miracles New Age Author In 1992, Marianne Williamson published her commentary on A Course in Miracles “Return to Love” which made this difficult book more accessible to the average reader.  This marked her out as  a spiritual teacher, and she […]

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Jo Brand Comedian Jo Brand was under fire this week, for saying throwing milkshake at politicians was too lame, and it should have been acid.  Nigel Farage, assuming he was the butt of the “joke” (made on a pre-recorded radio show, Heresy) called for a police investigation.  The incident certainly sparked a debate on the […]

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To my readers: It’s a short blog today, due to the fact that I have dislocated my shoulder. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible! Doris Day (1922 – 2019) Can’t let this week pass without paying tribute to Doris Day, who passed on Monday.  My mother used to take me to the […]

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Darcey Bussell “I believe that in life, if you are fearless and curious, allowing your ideas to evolve beyond their immediate boundaries, I think they can take you anywhere.  This is why I think creative arts like dance must always have a place in education, so that children and young people can benefit from the […]

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“Becoming” by Michelle Obama Book Review “When they go low we go high” ~ Michelle Obama, 2016 I have had this book sitting in a pile, waiting its turn, since Christmas, and have just finished it, I am glad to say.  So here is the evangelical book review:  if you have it on your book […]

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Scott Walker (1943 – 2019) Scott Walker, frontman in the Walker Brothers in the 1960s and later hailed as a creative genius in a solo career, passed away on 22nd March, from cancer.  He was charismatic, but fought shy of fame, and his musical career went through distinctly marked phases. Birth Chart Scott Walker had […]

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Olivia Colman Olivia Colman won an Oscar last week for her role in the film about Queen Anne, “The Favourite”.  She’s an actress of extraordinary range, who started out in comedy in Peep Show, played D.S. Ellie Miller in Broadchurch, and several roles later has earned herself an Oscar with this role.  She is due […]

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Richard E. Grant Richard E. Grant has had an emotional fortnight.  On 23rd January he found out he was nominated for his first Oscar, at the age of 61.  Then a week later, he shed tears over a tweet by Barbra Streisand.  The sense of anticipation in his life will be building up to the […]

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