December 9th, 2011
** ‘No 2012 doom’ in Mayan prophecy ** A new reading of texts carved by the ancient Mayan civilisation reveals they did not predict the end of the world in 2012, experts say. The Rat is the keeper of secrets. The time of the Rat is the dead both of night and winter. But life… Read More
December 9th, 2011
Here is Richard surveying at the Five Stones development in Kuala Lumpur in November. A very good time to be surveying there, given the temperature in England at the time! More to follow.
November 16th, 2011
These days the Atlantic shipping lanes in the centuries before Columbus are generally recognised to have been like Piccadilly Circus on a Friday night. What with Vikings, Romans, Phoenicians and the Irish Saint Brendan the Navigator, who appears to have popped out for a pocket of fags one Sunday morning and returned having discovered Newfoundland,… Read More
November 7th, 2011
Extract from BBC Radio 4 the ‘Today’ programme, 19th October 2011 The almost throwaway opening to this discussion on Radio 4 is worth rewinding and hearing again. Yes, buildings hold feelings. In fact anything dense may hold feelings. A neighbouring church for instance, is generally considered a feng shui no-no. This is essentially because, like… Read More
November 1st, 2011
This piece on BBC Radio Four revisits the facts of the age bias in schools. Most over-achievers, especially sporting, are born between September & January. Few have late summer birthdays. This makes sense because, at the age of eleven, let alone five, the difference in development between children born even six months apart is considerable.… Read More
October 18th, 2011
Learn ba zi with Richard this year
October 10th, 2011
The Year of the Horse in the Clouds “Your advice to me precisely (as to) when the downturn would occur and when (property prices) would pick up was bang on. ” Naomie Harris, star of Skyfall, Pirates of the Caribbean, Small Island, White Teeth On this page………….click on your animal to go straight to your… Read More
January 7th, 2011
Remember the Alamo: Richard has been in San Antonio surveying the Alamo, scene of the massacre of several hundred American settlers by overwhelming numbers of Mexican soldiers in 1836. “A spooky old place,” he says and he will be writing it up in a forthcoming Feng Shui Diary. Check out the Courses Page for details… Read More