Strictly Come Dancing – Part 2 The standard in the first few weeks has been high again, with some astonishing performances.  We have lost Les Dennis, so I won’t have the opportunity to write about him (!), but will now launch into the analysis of four more contestants. Amanda Abbington I will start with the […]

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Michael Gambon ( 1940 – 2023) “Gambon’s iron lungs and overwhelming charisma are able to command a sort of operatic full-throatedness which triumphs over hard walls and long distances”. ~ Simon Callow One of the greatest actors of our time, Michael Gambon, died this week at the age of 82.  He was able to undertake […]

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Strictly Come Dancing – Part 1 The partners of Strictly Come Dancing 2023 were introduced to each other last night, gracefully kicking off the season.  So as usual, I am starting with four contestants, and will come back to this topic in a few weeks’ time. Angela Rippon from 6 August blog: “Angela’s Sun Sign […]

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Mike Yarwood (1941 – 2023) The groundbreaking impersonator of the 1970s Mike Yarwood left us this week, aged 82.  I will try and give an impression of his birth chart. Birth Chart Of the great impressionists, a high percentage of them turn out to be Geminis, and Mike Yarwood, born on 14th June, had the […]

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Nadine Dorries Nadine Dorries, MP for Mid-Bedfordshire, finally resigned yesterday after declaring she would do so on 9th June, having kept the nation dangling.  Opposition parties have already been polishing their strategies for an upcoming by-election. Birth Chart Nadine has half her planets (5) in Fixed signs – is that what gave her the sticking […]

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Michael Parkinson (1935 – 2023) Michael Parkinson, whose chat show was a Saturday night staple across three decades, died peacefully this week aged 88, after a brief illness.  He had interviewed 2000 celebrities in his career, and is regarded as the most successful chat show host. Birth Chart His Sun was in Aries, with the […]

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Angela Rippon Angela Rippon has been announced as a contestant for the forthcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing.  She is, apparently, at 78 the oldest contestant so far to compete.  They are announcing her as “Rip Off Britain” Angela, a reference to the current programme she presents.  But she has been known to the public […]

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Sinead O’Connor (1966 – 2023) “I think God saves everybody whether they want to be saved or not. So when we die, we’re all going home … I don’t think God judges anybody. He loves everybody equally.” ~  Sinead O’Connor Singer, songwriter and activist Sinead O’Connor departed this world last week.  As a rebel, she […]

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Oppenheimer “If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendour of the mighty one”. ~ Bhagavad Gita (XI,12), quoted by Robert Oppenheimer The film “Oppenheimer” premiered on Friday (21st July), is being bizarrely pitted against the film “Barbie”, reflective of the aspect which […]

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Glenda Jackson (1936 – 2023) “Any prize was a benign irrelevance for her.  People often say they don’t care about awards: Jackson really did not.  Neither gushing nor contemptuous…” ~ Susannah Clapp, Theatre critic for the Observer Actor and Politician in equally effective measure, Glenda Jackson died this week, after a short illness, at the […]

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