SmithI vowed a long time ago not to watch Doctor Who until he regenerated as a woman. So far, the Doctor has had 11 incarnations, each with his own take on the character but none with a different gender. However, my children, as usual, c…
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Boris: Toff With The Common Touch
Could this be the next Prime Minister?Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has had a fantastic summer, using the Olympics to upstage the Prime Minister David Cameron, repeatedly. His season of triumph climaxed with a rabble-rousing speech on Monday…
8.24.12: Assange Asylum Update (video)
Equador vs UK with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange between:
Guess Julian Assange in exile from his usual surroundings shows an influence from the current Solar Eclipse Series which manifested on May 20, 2012 @00Gem20 and conjoins Fixed Star Alcyone @00Gem00 with one of the star’s themes being ‘exile’. A similar expression covered by Alcyone’s energy is ‘refugee’ with an overabundance of
When The Past Comes To Life
Thomas Cromwell: fixer, strategist, statesman – Scorpio. Hans HolbeinKing Henry VIII – charmer, playboy, wife-killer and the first head of the Church of England – had an axe-man, Thomas Cromwell, whose job it was to facilitate the King’s desires
The Nation’s Soul
Ted Hughes was best known as a powerful nature poet before he was made laureate in 1984. It seemed like a strange choice; this poet of fox and moor, black-backed gull and deadly pike, above all of wildness•, asked to write about the baroque, many-lay…
A Weird Week in Politics
PM David Cameron was last spotted eating a Cornish pasty two years ago.Ooo – the spin doctors have been getting themselves in a twist this week here in Blighty.I’ll explain briefly for my non-UK readers.First, Chancellor George Osborne cut the t…
Afghanistan, Britain and the Uranus Cycle
Second Afghan WarSix British soldiers were killed in Kandahar province this week. The oldest was 33, the same age as Jesus when he died, and the youngest was 19.The Afghan War has been going on for 10 years and 153 days. World War Two lasted just under…
Will 2012 See A Falklands Rematch?
Margaret Thatcher in her prime in 1983.I have a few thoughts on potentials in the UK chart for 2012. Here’s one of them.Back in 2010, I predicted riots and a royal wedding for 2011, since I thought we were likely to see some themes from 1981 repeat.* I…
Revisiting Cameron
Back in October I wrote a piece about David Cameron, which I think is worth re-reading. Here is the link.I asked this question: “Will he choose class or country?I ended with this short paragraph which turns out to have been on the money.”His country ne…
What do Rs want for America? Social Darwinism, says Robert Reich
As November 6, 2012 Approaches, Republicans Tout Austerity’s Misery as Solutionby Jude CowellOne year of austerity measures enacted in Britain has only contracted the UK economy as foretold and pushed Brits into the streets en masse. The UK government’s social experiment has brought no real improvement to economic and social conditions across the pond and a worsening is apparent. Can Washington