Martha Stewart, home lifestyle guru, has defied the doomsayers yet again by appearing in a swimsuit photoshoot for Sports Illustrated at 81. She rose to dizzy heights as a businesswoman, writer, and television personality focusing on home and and hospitality, before ending up in prison for five months in 2004 for securities fraud and obstruction … Read more
Rock star with drug habit isn’t news but Matt Willis of Busted has exposed the toll addiction takes on family life in a heart-wrenching documentary with his wife Emma Willis, presenter of The Voice. Surviving a messy childhood with parents divorcing when he was three, a ‘heated’ stepfather, separation from his elder brother, he smoked … Read more
Never say never in film land as Johnny Depp makes a comeback from three years in the wilderness after his ugly legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard damaged his reputation. After her allegations of abuse – which he denies – he was dropped from the lucrative Fantastic Beasts franchise and shunned by the major US … Read more
Oliver Hoare, a blast from the past, one of Princess Diana’s revolving affairs, is being dragged into Prince Harry’s court action, which alleges that pager texts between the lovers were found in a media executive’s office. It hardly seems wise to turn the spotlight back on to Hoare which only serves to dredge up the … Read more
The glacial pace of righting historical wrongs in UK institutions should evoke outrage except there are so many – the blood contamination scandal (hepatitis/AIDs) of the 1970s/80s is still dragging on, along with Windrush compensation, the Grenfell fire, the Post Office debacle. The 1989 Hillsborough football tragedy took three decades to haul a new perspective … Read more
That Algol, the destructive Fixed star, looms large in the foundation chart of Dignitas, the Swiss assisted suicide centre and its founder is hardly a surprise. But it is eerily accurate all the same. Dignitas opened 25 years ago on 17 May 1998 when there was a Sun Mars conjunction in late Taurus conjunct Algol. … Read more
A life of restless wandering was the punishment handed down to Cain for killing his brother Abel. Prince Harry in a minor parallel has sent himself into exile as his uncontainable envy of brother William erupted in a scenario worthy of an ancient tragedy. In the final act of Greek plays there is usually a … Read more
The Royal children were out on parade with the younger Wales catching the headlines. Prince George – a composed page. Princess Charlotte – a charmingly outfitted mini-mom, with a firm grip at times on the hand of the unrestrained, mischief-maker Prince Louis. Louis, 23 April 2018 11.1 am London, has made his mark early … Read more
The Proud Boys follow the Oath Keepers – both USA far-right, anti-government, militia groups – in paying the price for their hell-raising attack on the Capitol on January 6th 2021 with the aim of preventing Biden from taking office. Hundreds of other rioters have already been jailed for their roles in the armed siege, during which … Read more
Hollywood woes have descended on Kevin Costner with rumoured tensions with the Yellowstone showrunner sending him out of the door before the end of Season Five and now his wife of 18 years, fashion designer, Christine Baumgartner has blind sided him with a divorce petition. He isn’t short of success, money or work as he … Read more