15 June

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 15 June:

1. On this date in 1215, King John of England sealed the Magna Carta, the first charter of English liberties. With the Magna Carta, King John agreed to the demands of English barons who wanted to limit the powers of the monarchy. The Magna Carta is considered one of the most important political documents in history.
2. In 2000, zoologist Desmond Morris sold a Gainsborough picture for £10,2500. He'd bought for one shilling 50 before because he'd liked the frame.
3. In 1621, the first greenhouse in Britain was erected in Oxford in preparation for a predicted severe winter. A gardener had to tend a charcoal fire throughout the night to keep it warm.
4. It was on this date in 1752 that Benjamin Franklin allegedly demonstrated the relationship between Lightning and Electricity by flying a Kite during a storm in Philadelphia.
5. In 1887, Carlisle D Graham survived going over Niagara Falls in a barrel for the second time.
6. Born on this date in 1330 was Edward, the Black Prince, eldest son of Edward III, so named because he wore black armour in battle. He married his cousin Joan, ‘The Fair Maid of Kent’, who gave him two sons, one of whom was the future Richard III.
7. Also born on this date, in 1843, was Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt (which includes Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King).
8. On this date in 1911, Wilbert Vere Awdry, better known as the Reverend W. Awdry, was born. He is best known as the author of Thomas the Tank Engine.
9. On this date in 1956, a historic meeting between two teenage boys took place at a church dinner in Liverpool. The boys in question were John Lennon, aged 15, and Paul McCartney, aged 13.
10. In 1878, Leland Stanford commissioned Eadweard Muybridge to film a horse galloping using twelve cameras, in order to determine if a Horse lifts all four hooves from the ground while galloping.

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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