The great love affair between Leonard Cohen and Norwegian Marianne Ihlen, which marked both their lives, though they weren’t physically together for long or faithful to one another, has been immortalised in a new cinema-release documentary Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, directed by English film-maker Nick Broomfield. She was the inspiration behind many … Read more
Meghan Rapinoe, the US women’s football superstar appears to be fireball, regarded as the Muhammad Ali of her sport and a ‘walking protest’ on everything from equal pay to gay rights and protests against racial injustice. Thousands of women across the US are evidently now adopting her tough-pixie, pink, butch hairstyle. She’s managed to … Read more
Cori Gauff became the standout story at Wimbledon when the 15 year old beat Venus Williams in straight sets and went on to win another two rounds before being knocked out. She was born 13 March 2004 in Atlanta, Georgia, with two sporting parents and took up tennis at 6. They moved to Florida … Read more
Tem Tarriktar has sadly died who started and ran The Mountain Astrologer (TMA) magazine for thirty years. It moved from being an 8 pager to the most highly respected astrology publication in the world with an international outreach which was no mean feat. Born 7 August 1956 6.40 am Cleveland, Ohio, he had a … Read more
The unconscionable fuss over the leaked UK Ambassador’s private comments about the Trump Admin being inept and dysfunctional – milder by far than anything the Washington Post and NY Times prints every day – may well hasten his exit. He was intending to go by the end of the year anyway. Born 30 April … Read more
Ghislaine Maxwell is mentioned as the closest to Jeffrey Epstein and perhaps most at risk as documents are unsealed. She is a Brit socialite, daughter of the late disgraced businessman Robert Maxwell who died after ‘falling’ off his boat nearly 30 years ago. He was Czech born and allegedly worked for Mossad and the … Read more
Mad, the satirical magazine, is winding down after 67 years having been losing circulation from its 1970s high of nearly 3 million readers. It started a tradition that spawned “Saturday Night Live,” “The Simpsons,” “South Park” and The Onion and influenced many comedians. One cartoonist said “For baby boomers, it was like the Bible. … Read more
The rotund and rather bizarre MEP for the Brexit Party Ann Widdecombe has bewed up a fuss remarking that leaving the EU is akin to slaves rising up against owners. She was a Tory MP for many years with trenchant right-wing views – against the legality of abortion, against various issues of LGBT rights such … Read more
A messy, possibly vicious custody and divorce trial in London is about to shine a hard light on Middle Eastern attitudes to wives and daughters. Sheikh Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, already under suspicion for kidnapping two daughters who fled for freedom in recent years, is now suing his youngest wife Princess Haya of Jordan who … Read more
Billie Eilish was another standout at Glastonbury. Despite being only 17 she’s been around on the scene for three years and has seven gold and two platinum singles to her name. Suzanne Moore in the Guardian described her as ‘ a dark star. In control, but slightly out of it. Scarily good at tapping into … Read more