The squeamish should skip this one and I almost wish I had not bothered to research. Shabir Ahmed, a Pakistani immigrant, convicted of 30 unthinkable child rape offences against…

Serena Williams, the greatest female tennis player of all time, winner of 23 majors, is back to play singles and doubles at Wimbledon.  She reportedly disliked her Wimbledon exit four…

Ben Stokes, one of the world’s greatest cricketers, made a stunning retirement announcement on the fourth day of the deciding England Test at Trent Bridge. His shock exit appeared to…

We are not the survival of the fittest. We are the survival of the nurtured—Luis Cozolino. An excess of light shimmers, bright and strange. In a warming world, June’s torrid…

Mel Brooks, actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter and playwright, has reached 100 with a lifespan as long as his talents. Winner of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony,…

“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.” Shakespeare, Hamlet.   From an ill-judged war to a sulphurous green Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC after a…

Comedian Larry David is taking aim at 250 years of American history with Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America on HBO – an eviscerating…

Frida Kahlo, the artist, who has achieved cult status in the last two decades is the focus of an exhibition at the Tate Modern: The Making of an Icon for…

  Astrocartography is an insightful new tool, pioneered by the late Jim Lewis in the 1970s which was based on ancient forms of locational astrology.   The astrology community is…

At least 164 people have been killed and 971 injured in two Venezuela earthquakes which struck at 6.04/5pm La Guaira last night. The 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes which struck…