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BBC 2’s screening of  “Man on Wire” (which documents the planning and execution of Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk in 1974 between the Twin Towers in New York)  proved truly compulsive viewing. I am an acrophobic, which just added to my fascination,  I could hardly wait to get behind my computer this morning to take a look at Philippe Petit’s  horoscope.  The whole feat smacks of “hey look at me, look what I can do, I’m on the top of the world” – so  when I got the chart up on the screen, it seemed fitting to see the sun in its … Lees verder →