Diana, Princess of Wales (1961 – 1997) The 20 year commemoration of her death  Diana is probably the most photographed woman and style icon there has ever been in the world, and acres of material have been written about her.  Unprecedented tears were shed at her death, and this year at the 20th anniversary of […]

Categories: Historical · The Royals

Sir Bruce Forsyth (1928 – 2017) Sir Bruce Forsyth, who made the Guinness Book of Records for the longest television career for a male entertainer, died this week, surrounded by his family.  He began his television career in 1954, and began hosting Sunday Night at the London Palladium in 1958, a year after my family […]

Categories: Obituary

Solar Eclipse of 21st August 2017 “The challenge posed by the North Korean regime’s nuclear weapons programme had been festering for more than a decade, but it was Donald Trump who turned it into a global emergency with a few words” ~ Julian Borger, writing in the Observer today I can’t remember a Solar Eclipse […]

Categories: Astrology · News

Sports Review With the Athletics World Championships currently pushing my favourite programmes off the screen, and my unwillingness to write a sequel to “Trump’s Worst Week”, I am going to do a rare sports blog. Mo Farah Mo was one of the three heroes of the 2012 Olympics who had birthdays on 23rd March (with […]

Categories: Sport