Winning and losing is no simple matter in the USA elections. Al Gore bested G.W. Bush by half a million votes in 2000, and Hillary Clinton beat Trump by…

Gary Oldman is back as the greasy, flatulent spy boss of the losers and rejects at Slough House in Season 4 of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses (Apple TV+). Despite a…

Brad Pitt having not quite exfiltrated himself from the fallout of his Angelina Jolie marriage has set foot on a new partnership, showcased at the recent Venice Film Festival. Ines…

The New Moon in Virgo brings a pause to reflect in the ancient sign of the virgin. The qualities of Virgo are purity and refinement, precision, perfection, and hard work.…

Alexander Grothendieck, a mathematical genius and latterly a hermit, who died last year, “revolutionised postwar mathematics in the 1950s/60s  as Einstein had physics a generation earlier. Moving beyond distinct disciplines…

Former East Germany has seen the first radical right-wing party to come first in a state election since 1933. Fears of a Nazi past being resurrected are misplaced but the…

Keir Starmer has hit the ground running or tripping himself up depending on one’s viewpoint. Since politics in the moment is as much about perception as policies, there is a…

The marriage between Princess Martha Louise of Norway and Californian shaman Durek Verrett, which no one thought would happen (me included), took place in Norway yesterday with her family in…

The famously fractured sibling duo of Liam and Noel Gallagher have finally shelved their fifteen year grievance and decided on an Oasis Reunion tour next summer which has sent the…