• Maggie Smith – Neptune waves a farewell

    Maggie Smith has died, the actress who more than any epitomized British acting at its best across seven decades on stage, on screen in films and on television.  She was born 28 December 1934 and ‘made her acting debut in 1952 and was still working six decades later having moved from aspiring star to national treasure.’  She was modest about her achievements, stating simply that “One went to school, one wanted to act, one started to act, and one’s still acting.&r
  • Virgos – uneasy with a Pluto slant

    Since Sun Pluto in Virgo appear to be newsworthy with Eric Adams and Keir Starmer catching the headlines, a quick run-down of other notables. Hassan Nasrullah, 31 August 1960, leader of Hezbollah.Bashar Assad, 11 September 1965, Syrian dictator.Geert Wilders, 6 September 1963, Dutch neo-fascist politician.Chris Christie, Republican politician, 6 September 1962. Anthony Weiner, 4 September 1964, Democratic politician and convicted sex offender.Lennox Lewis, boxer, 2 September 1965. 
  • Eric Adams – New York’s beacon on dimmer

    The charismatic New York mayor Eric Adams is facing a federal indictment on bribery and fraud charges bribery and soliciting illegal campaign contributions from Turkish businessmen. In typically ebullient form he has been comparing himself to Job, the biblical figure who must endure various plagues. And relates a tale from his rough childhood where his mother tells him ‘You are going to find yourself in dark places. It’s not a burial, it’s a planting’.  Full marks fo

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