2019 Welcome to the year 2019: New Hopes, New Dreams and a Fresh Start. If you want to start working with the aspects from now, here is a guide to some of the major astrological events coming up. 2019 Dates for your Diary if planning ahead: January I have been picking up for some time […]

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That was the Year that Was – Selections from the blogs… January 7th: Karma Chameleon No. 1 Emily Bronte/Kate Bush Emily Bronte was in the news this week, so that’s my opportunity to launch the first in a new occasional series “Karma Chameleons”!  She is in the news because it is the bicentenary of the […]

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Jose Mourinho Manager Jose Mourinho parted ways with football club Manchester United at 9.00 a.m. on Tuesday this week (18th) after 30 months in the job, and having just renewed his contract. He has a pattern of working with a team for about two years and then going off the boil.  This may be part […]

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“But the thing I admired most in him is that rarest of gifts – a politician without an ounce of cynicism” ~ Nick Clegg Ex-LibDem leader Paddy Ashdown died yesterday, having only been diagnosed with bladder cancer very recently.  He was mourned by politicians of all shades and persuasions, as a generally good egg in […]

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Mrs Wilson The final episode of the drama “Mrs Wilson” aired this week, starring the actress Ruth Wilson, uniquely playing her own grandmother.  The family have an intriguing mystery to tell.  Her grandmother Alison was the third wife of bigamist, intelligence officer and novelist Alexander Wilson.  Ruth is the daughter of Nigel Wilson, one of […]

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Question Time Question Time has been an enduring institution at the BBC since it began on 25th September 1979, as a spin off of the radio programme Any Questions (itself an enduring institution since 12th October 1948).  David Dimbleby hosts his final edition of the show this coming Thursday, 13th December, while this week it […]

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George H.W. Bush (1924 – 2018) Another former president of the United States of America died this week: the elder Bush.  Contemplating his life takes us nostalgically back to an era when progress seemed to be happening in the world… George Herbert Walker Bush was well prepared for his role as president, having built his […]

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