Thursday 29 June 2017

#Wimbledon2017 Best of 5 Sets for Women. Equal pay. Equal effort.

With #Wimbledon2017 just around the corner, I find myself asking the same question that I have asked for many years. I am wondering why the women get away with only playing 'Best of 3 Sets'. The Men's pathway to the Final is littered with long, gruelling 'Best of 5 Sets' matches, so why the inequality? Why aren't there loud voices calling for the 'Play Gap' to be closed?

Surely, in times where equality is pushed with such fervour (rightly so), it is only right that the women get the same prize money for the

Monday 19 June 2017

The Zenith. The Sun. Our place in the Solar System. 21st June 2017.

June 21st 2017.

The Summer Solstice.

In the Northern Hemisphere, June 21st 2017 is the #SummerSolstice. It is the point in our celestial year when the sun appears to reach its highest point in the sky. In the Southern Hemisphere, it represents the winter solstice when the path of the sun in the sky is at its lowest. For many thousands of years our ancestors would have celebrated this time of year and