A long-rumoured feud between Tom Cruise and John Travolta, both high-profile Scientologists, has been confirmed and described by a former security guard as competing for the favour of Scientology chief David Miscavige. He has naturally been discounted as an ‘apostate’. They are certainly an ill-matched pair, both with fairly Fixed charts. Tom Cruise’s … Read more
New Orleans is celebrating the 300th anniversary of its founding on 7th May this year. It’s known for its distinctive French and Spanish Creole architecture and multilingual heritage, as well as for its cuisine, jazz music and the Mardi Gras. It occupies both sides of the Mississippi River. A Taurus Sun does indicate … Read more
Fritz Haber, known as the father of chemical warfare, won a Nobel Prize for chemistry for his method of producing nitrogen fertilizers on which the food production for half the world’s current population depends. He also pioneered weaponizing chlorine gas for use in World War 1 and was proud of his achievement though … Read more
Vladimir Putin’s macho-Christian-nationalist rule begins to make sense or at least have coherence reading reviews of a new book out on his philosopher-hero Ivan Ilyin. Putin had his remains repatriated and made Ilyin’s essays required reading. Ilyin, born 28 March 1883, disliked Bolshevism and, in exile, gravitated towards Hitler and Mussolini, from whom … Read more
Speaker Paul Ryan’s surprise announcement of his resignation come November to spend more time with his family has sent shivers down the GOP, already facing sagging poll numbers. Born 29 January 1970 2.37pm Janesville, Wisconsin, he was never a good fit with Trump, but hung around to see the tax cuts through. He … Read more
Mark Zuckerburg has been gritting his teeth through two days of Senate hearings on Facebook misdemeanours over data, his delivery described as ‘robotic with a smile that looks as though he’s more used to using emojis.’ Born 14 May 1984, White Plains, NY with a putative time of 2.39pm (astrotheme), he’s got a … Read more
Like a bad penny which keeps boomeranging back, Tony Blair pops up again with thoughts from his lofty perch about Brexit, the Good Friday Agreement, Syria. There also word that his son Euan is involved in a potential new centrist party, hoping to launch. The Blair name would be the kiss of death … Read more
Fleetwood Mac have fired Lindsey Buckingham, their lead guitarist and a vocalist, who had already baled out once before for a decade only to come back. Fleetwood Mac described by Rolling Stone: ‘The crew that loves breakup drama more than any other six or seven bands combined. It’s a new dysfunctional chapter for … Read more
Patrick Reed won his first Masters two days ago in the front of a hostile crowd of golfing fans who dislike his brash and boastful personality but withstood the pressure to finish ahead. He’s had a stormy life and a much-publicised split from his parents. Born 5 August 1990 he was a boyhood … Read more
Hungary’s ‘illiberal democrat’ Viktor Orban has won a fourth term as PM after a vicious campaign run on ethno-nationalism and unabashed anti-semitism. He is against EU’s liberal values which Hungary signed up to at accession but wants to continue picking up the cheques. Since 2010, he and his party have curbed judicial independence, … Read more