Jeff Bezos “Most unfortunate.  Rockets are hard.” ~ Elon Musk Jeff Bezos, the third richest man in the world, suffered a setback this week, when the first static fire test for a New Glenn rocket from his Blue Origin company suffered a huge explosion during a test in Florida.  This has implications for NASA’s Artemis […]

Categories: News · Space Travel

The battle for Labour After Labour’s damaging losses in the Council Elections, the newshounds waited with bated breath to see if Keir Starmer would resign.  He vowed to resolutely carry on.  Then they waited to see if there would be a leadership challenge.  Wes Streeting resigned as Health Secretary, but did not launch a leadership […]

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David Attenborough “If we save the sea, we save our world.” ~ David Attenborough, 2025 David Attenborough’s 100th birthday was celebrated this week, allegedly against his wish to spend it quietly at home. He certainly doesn’t look his age! I have written two blogs (2020 and 2025) about him over the years, and so will […]

Categories: Aspects · Celebrities

Simone de Beauvoir (1908 – 1986) It’s been a few months since my last Philosophy blog, which was about the Sagittarian Philosopher Spinoza.  In reviewing the series, I was astonished to find that I started it in January 2020, in the first year of my philosophical studies, with Rene Descartes for Aries.  For those of […]

Categories: Philosophy