What would you do if you weren’t afraid? Spencer Johnson. March. Martius. Named after the war-deity, Mars. March was the first month in the Roman calendar. In March, as nature…

Len Deighton, one of the masters of the spy novel has died aged 97. His Ipcress File later made into a movie with Michael Caine as Harry Palmer became an…

Cometh the moment, cometh the man. What did we ever do to deserve this? The toddler tyrant flailing in all directions, setting off bushfires without thought of the consequences, used…

 Jupiter came up with the goods at last night’s Oscars with Michael B Jordan taking Best Actor for Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson a raft of awards including best movie…

Random thoughts on Trump’s cluster-catastrophe in the Middle East. With transiting Uranus square the Israel Mars until April 5th it always looked unlikely to be a speedy Venezuelan swan-in, smash…

Kelly McGillis, once a Hollywood golden girl with top billing in Top Gun, Witness and The Accused, has settled into a contented life away from the glitter after coming to…

Jessie Buckley has been hyped as the favourite to win Best Actress in today’s Oscars for her performance as the grief-stricken Agnes Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife) in Hamnet. But a recent…

The Spring Equinox, a time of rebirth in the northern hemisphere, comes on 20th March as the Sun enters Aries beginning a new astrological cycle. It coincides with Nowruz, the…

Standing back from the apocalyptic panic of the moment egged on by a sensationalist media and general population jitters, it is as well to remember that the cauldron of history…

With Hungary’s election approaching and Viktor Orban behind in the polls it is claimed that Russia has launched a secret disinformation campaign to help him win, depicting his main rival…