18 March

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 18 March:

1. This date in 1844 saw the birth of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer whose works include Scheherazade and Flight of the Bumble Bee. Rimsky-Korsakov had synaesthesia, which caused him to perceive colours associated with major musical keys.
2. In 1834, the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorset farm labourers, were sentenced to transportation to a penal colony for forming a trade union.
3. In 1902, Enrico Caruso, aged 29, became the first celebrity performer to make a record. He sang ten songs for a fee of $500 in a hotel room in Milan which was used as a studio. Caruso was chosen because only he could sing loudly and piercingly enough to be heard clearly over the noise of the primitive gramophone. Microphones didn't exist yet.
4. In 1877 Edgar Cayce, clairvoyant; psychic healer, was born. He is said to have been able to channel beings from the other side, giving answers to questions on subjects such as health or Atlantis, while in a self-induced trance.
5. On this date in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto.
6. Lt Col Aleksey Arkhipovich Leanor became the first human to walk in space on this date in 1965. He spent 12 minutes 9 seconds outside his Voskhod II spacecraft, connected to it only by a nylon cord.
7. In 1950, Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes.
8. In 1996, would be robber David Currey attempted to hold up a post office with a Cucumber shaped like a gun.
9. In 1913, John Steinocher of Texas patented a Scarecrow which could fire a gun to scare away birds.
10. Britain’s first National Fat Women’s conference was held on this date in 1989. More than 150 attended. They planned to establish associations throughout the country to urge fat women to stop worrying about their weight.

The Power of Love

Willow believes in crystal healing, cosmic  ordering  and the significance of chance  encounters. She believes there's a spiritual  explanation for everything. Except she struggles to find a reason why she can turn herself into  mist and create a wave of energy which can slam a would-be mugger into a wall. Or why the love of  her life left her for a mysterious woman in sunglasses, who then disappeared without trace.  

A chance encounter with Firebolt, leader of the Freedom League superhero team, in a Glastonbury coffee shop, does turn out to be significant. He offers her a new start and the chance to use her powers for good.

Servant is a Christian who has joined the Freedom League in order to use his teleporting power to serve God. He and Willow clash from the start, yet they are drawn inexorably to one another.

When Willow leaves the team abruptly for reasons unknown, Servant knows he must put her out of his mind and find a nice Christian girl to settle down with. He is about to propose to devout and straight-laced Ruth, when Willow returns and turns his entire world upside down.

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