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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Strictly Come Dancing 2021 – Part 4 I am tying up loose ends here, as I did not complete the roll call of Strictly Come Dancing contestants.  There are two I need to blog about (before it is too late), one of them likely to leave this weekend!  They are A.J. Odudu and Rhys Stephenson. […]

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Strictly Come Dancing 2021 – Part 3 I am posting this blog early, as I have to be away on Sunday, so cannot take into account Saturday night’s performances, but there is still plenty to write about!  Here are the next four in this series, and there are only a couple of contestants left, so […]

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Alec Baldwin The actor Alec Baldwin found himself at the centre of a gun-related tragedy this week, at the time of the Mars-Pluto square.  The cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film Rust died, and the co-director Joel Souza was injured. This haunting event has been described as “unfathomable” – it was an accident, but highlights […]

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William Shatner “I’ve heard about space for a long time now. I’m taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle,” ~ William Shatner At 90 years of age, William Shatner, aka Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, travelled to the edge of space on Wednesday this week, in an example […]

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Strictly Come Dancing 2021 – Part 2 I am posting this blog early, as I have to be away on Sunday, so cannot take into account Saturday night’s performances, but there is still plenty to write about!  The standard of overall dance is so high this year, that it seemed a travesty for anyone to […]

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Strictly Come Dancing 2021 The series has begun!  Last night we saw the launch show for this year’s Strictly extravaganza.  The celebrities all seemed pleased with the professional partners that had been chosen for them.  As usual, I will look at the pairings and prospects. So for the first four contestants: Judi Love Judi has […]

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ABBA Reunion “Thank you for the music, the songs I’m singing Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing Who can live without it? I ask in all honesty What would life be?” ~ Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus No more conjecture of will they or won’t they!  ABBA announced on Thursday evening that they are […]

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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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