10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 17 April:
- On the island of Eigg in the Hebrides on this date in 618, 53 monks were burned alive in their refectory by a gang of armed women seeking revenge for being cheated out of their pasture rights.
- In 1492, a contract was signed by Christopher Columbus and a representative of Spain's King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, giving Columbus a commission to seek a westward ocean passage to Asia.
- In 1986, the Isles of Scilly and the Netherlands signed a peace treaty officially ending a war which started in 1651. Although hostilities had ceased in the 17th century, the war had never been officially ended.
- A similar situation occurred on this date in 2018. North and South Korea announced they were planning to officially end the Korean War by writing a peace agreement. Armed conflict had ended by armistice in 1953.
- In 2015, Bouvier's red colobus, a species of Monkey last seen in the 1970s and thought to be extinct, was re-discovered in the Republic of Congo.
- In 1725, John Rudge, a Staffordshire parishioner, bequeathed twenty shillings a year to his church so they could employ a poor person to keep people awake during the sermon by tickling them with a fox brush if female and rapping them on the head with a stick if male. Today, the verger is given £1, which is duly paid into to church funds.
- The first conference for muggers was held in Bangladesh on this date in 1996. Mohammed Rippon was awarded the title of Master Hijacker for his record of 21 muggings in two hours.
- In 1982, N. Ravi from India achieved a world record by standing on one foot for 34 hours.
- In 1997, Larry Walters took off in deck chair with helium balloons attached, and had to be rescued by helicopter.
- This date in 1959 saw the birth of Sean Bean, actor best known for his roles in Game of Thrones, Sharpe and Lord of the Rings. He's particularly known for the characters he plays coming to sticky ends fairly frequently on screen.
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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