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Andrew Eborn discusses his 100% record of predicting the future.

Find out what will happen in 2023 !

– Ukraine

– The Ecomomy

– Politics

– Eating or Heating

– AI

– Technology

– Media

– Medicine

Andrew Eborn’s Greatest Writs /The Futurist

The best way to predict the future is to make it…

Forewarned is forearmed.

Fail to prepare. Prepare to fail.

Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

My goodness me it’s 2023!

Congratulations on surviving 2022

Biggest conflict in Europe since the Second World War

World was rocked by the death of the Queen

No 10 was inhabited by three prime ministers

4 Chancellors of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, Nadhim Zahawi,  Kwasi Kwarteng, Jeremy Hunt

The biggest hit at the Oscars came from Will Smith Chris Rock Keep my wife’s name out of your F.. Mouth

As I predicted, it has been a year of revelations as well as seismic changes especially in the world of technology, space, medicine and entertainment how we produce and consume content 

2023 promises to be another rollercoaster. So buckle up, buttercup.

  • Rolling strikes crippling the country The Lynch that stole Christmas
  • No end in sight to the Ukraine war
  • World will celebrate Archie’s 4th birthday 6th May, 2023 by throwing a Coronation

  • Ukraine                                                                                                                                                As I predicted, Putin invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. As I pointed out, Putin was never going to upset China by invading during the Beijing Winter Olympics. Closing Ceremony on 20th February meant Putin could proceed with his plans. But little has gone to plan for Putin. Worldwide support for Ukraine has grown, former comedian Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy has been catapulted to global stardom as the sixth and current president of Ukraine … and Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest with Stefania knocking Sam Ryder into 2nd place and Space, Man!

    While Putin may be down he is certainly not out and, having declared his highly unpopular “partial mobilisation”, Putin is laying plans to throw some 200,000 reservists at a new spring offensive in Ukraine’s east.

    Conflict deadlocked during freezing conditions in Ukraine. But Russia is not as short on artillery as some analysts claim as evidenced by the sudden Russian barrage against Kherson, the southern city Kyiv recaptured in November.
  • President Zelensky, meanwhile, has returned triumphantly from Washington — his first trip outside Ukraine since the invasion and evidence of his confidence in his position.
  • Patriot batteries a mobile surface-to-air missile and antiballistic missile system that can shoot down incoming missiles before they hit their intended targets. These are the most powerful tool yet against Russia’s missile strikes. Their arrival, however, is far later than it should have been and it will take time to train soldiers to use them.

    Putin is a proud man and failure and humiliation will not be an option.  Russia currently has a land-bridge that can resupply annexed Crimea and continue to threaten Ukraine’s hold on the south of the country. I predict that Ukraine will try to cut that land-bridge and then to be able to negotiate from a position of strength. This would dissuade Moscow from slinking away only to relaunch a fresh attack on Ukraine in a few years’ time as it did when the world turned more or less a blind eye to its 2014 annexation of Crimea.

    Kyiv would certainly prefer a deferred resolution to a peace treaty that rewards the aggressor.

  • Will Beijing invade or blockade Taiwan? No. Xi Jinping may one day decide to attack or blockade Taiwan — but probably not in 2023. An invasion would be a colossal gamble. If it went wrong, Xi could start a war with the US, lose power and permanently damage China’s prospects. A blockade is much more likely: it would put huge pressure on Taiwan to fold, and would dare the US to fire the first shot. But even that would entail huge risks. Xi is unlikely to roll the dice unless convinced Taiwan is permanently slipping from his grasp. Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election may be the next crisis point.

  • The Economy – Eating or Heating the devastating choice 
    Recession is a significant, widespread, and prolonged downturn in economic activity. A common rule of thumb is that two consecutive quarters of negative gross domestic product (GDP) Gross domestic product (GDP) estimates as the main measure of UK economic growth based on the value of goods and services produced during a given period. GDP fell by 0.3% in the three months to October 2022 compared with the three months to July 2022.  As I often emphasise people say that history repeats itself. The reasons for that are because people don’t learn the lessons from history. We are on course to mirror the downturn experienced in the early 1990s, when the country suffered from an overvalued exchange rate, high interest rates and a housing market crash.

    High inflation, rising borrowing costs, spiralling energy costs are causing a significant drop in disposable income. The government’s budgetary watchdog believes the decline in living standards over 2022-23 will be the worst since records began in the early 1950s.

    Triple whammy of shocks: record energy bills, high inflation and wages failing to keep up with price rises. About two million homeowners will be re-fixing their mortgages in 2023 and face having to pay steep increases in their monthly borrowing as interest rates will hit 4 per cent by the spring.

    It is not, however, all doom and gloom. The pound took a pounding in 2022 hitting an all-time low $1.04. Before the financial crisis it was as high as $2. Before Brexit it hovered between $1.45 and $1.70. I predict the pound will stabilise in 2023 as the dollar’s record strength eases off. Double-digit inflation could also fall dramatically in 2023 if energy prices are contained, falling to about 4-5 per cent by the end of the year. I predict we will see the green shoots of recovery by the end of the year.

  • ECOMONY
  • In his November autumn statement, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced freezes on allowances and thresholds for income tax. This means that as people earn more, an increasing number will be paying more to the exchequer, while the cost of living is increasing at a greater rate.

    With wage inflation at 6%, more people are either being pushed into a higher tax bracket, or paying tax for the first time.

    “The Office for Budget Responsibility says that by the end of the freeze, 3.2 million more people will pay income tax, and 2.6 million more the higher rate. At the same time, because wage rises aren’t keeping pace with inflation, it means more tax coming out of a pay packet that’s worth less in real terms to start with.”

    Council tax could also rise significantly, with local authorities allowed to increase it by 5% without a referendum, prompting suggestions that the average Band D council tax could go over £2,000.

    Both the dividend tax and capital gains tax allowances will also be halved, hitting investors who hold money outside a pension or an Isa. “This rise is a stark reminder of the value of Isas in protecting investors from having to consider CGT or dividend tax, so anyone who hasn’t exploited their Isa allowance may be inspired to do so,”

  • More energy bills

    As the war in Ukraine continues, the effect on energy bills has been unprecedented. Ofgem says the price cap will reach the equivalent of £4,279 a year for the average household from January, a £730 hike for the first three months. However, the government’s energy price guarantee (EPG) limits the typical actual bill in Great Britain to £2,500 in the same period.

    From April, however, it is expected that the EPG will be lifted to £3,000 for a typical household, reducing the amount the Treasury pays in subsidies. The Energy Bills Support Scheme, which gives households £400 off their bills, is also due to end in March.

    Even if there is a reduction in wholesale costs, it will not have an immediate effect. “It would probably take some time until that is passed on to consumer bills,” he says.

    After a decade during which rates were in the doldrums, savers took some solace in rising interest rates last year – even if they never came close to tracking inflation.

    Easy-access rates are now at their highest since 2009, at an average of 1.43%, while the average one-year fixed-rate savings bond is paying 3.51%, the best available since 2008. Anyone willing to put their money away for longer can get an average of 3.89%

  • I predict the new year will see strong competition between lenders as they seek to attract business in a market where activity has dropped

    I predict banks, building societies and other providers will reassess their market positions during an unprecedented period of interest rate uncertainty
  • Savers and providers alike will need to act quickly to keep on top of the changing market.

  • Mortgages
    The effects of September’s mini-budget were catastrophic for anyone coming to the end of their fixed-rate mortgage and looking to take out a new fixed deal. Although rates were already climbing, the fallout brought them to 6% and above.

    5 year deals can now be picked up at about 4.5%.

    I predict that the new year should see strong competition between lenders as they seek to attract business in a market where activity has dropped in recent months. That should be good news for borrowers, as increased competition will help drive rates down, improving the range of options.

    The Bank of England’s decision last month to raise rates for the ninth time in a year, to the highest level in 14 years, is not expected to be the end of the hikes. Some forecasts suggest they could rise to 4.5% by the end of the year.

    Pension prospects

    The state pension, and benefits such as universal credit and pension credit, will increase by 10.1% in April, in line with recent inflation figures.

    For those who reached pension age after April 2016, this will mean a payment of up to £203.85 a week, up from £185.15. Those who reached pension age before that will get £156.20 a week, up from £141.85.

    Pensions campaigner and former minister Ros Altmann says she expects investment returns to improve this year as the threat around inflation recedes. “There needs to be an improvement in the way pensions are explained to customers, so that people can take more interest in their money and see how it is doing,” she says.


    STRIKES

    Britain’s only official general strike came in 1926 when more than 1.5 million workers walked out in a nine-day action in support of coal miners facing pay cuts, disrupting transport and power supplies and temporarily shutting down newspaper presses.

    Such co-ordinated action across different sectors of the economy in support of a single industry dispute was banned in the 1980s. The prospect of joining forces is once again being discussed.
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  • Necessity is the mother of invention. As I have pointed out several times disruption will force focus on alternative supplies including in energy and the work force. New, exiting technology including in robotics and AI will replace millions of jobs.

    The Trades Union Congress has played down suggestions that it will co-ordinate industrial action across transport, civil servants, NHS staff and teachers for maximum impact. Unions such as the PCS (Public and Commercial Services union) have expressed a desire to time their own strikes to coincide with other action. There is a real possibility of civil servants in National Highways and Border Force walking out on the same day as rail unions in order to cripple the transport network.

    I predict that the current wave of strikes is likely to continue and intensify through the winter and spring.

    The 1926 strike ultimately failed, as did the unrest of the 1970s. But the governments that presided over both were punished. Both sides have an incentive to find a creative compromise and avoid a repeat.

    Politics

    A dismal showing in the May local elections may increase the suggestion of the return of the Big Dog. Boris went from being a Heineken Prime Minister – reaching the parts of the electorate that other politicians could not reach to a Marmite Politician. You either love him or hate him. Whilst lucrative speaking engagements punctuated to tennis in Barbados are appealing, like several people Boris is determined to reassert his place on the international stage and secure his legacy — particularly on Brexit.

    A coup to remove Rishi Sunak would be unwise and I predict is unlikely. But that won’t stop people speculating. The next general election is scheduled to be held no later than 25 January 2025
    Earlier this year the Treasury earmarked 2 per cent increases in public sector pay across the board, a move that appears increasingly politically unsustainable.

    Labour’s strongest line of attack — the Tory mortgage premium — is likely to have added impetus later in the year as many fixed-rate deals come to an end.
    Rishi Sunak has been accused of locking the UK in a “vicious cycle of stagnation”, as the Bank of England hiked interest rates and predicted the longest recession in a century.
    I predict continued clamours for tax cuts with the media screaming that Labour is behaving more like the Conservatives historically the party of tax cuts. The pressure will be on Jeremy Hunt to at least set out a path for reducing the tax burden before the spring budget.

    Channel crossings by migrants
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  • More than a third of people who crossed the Channel to the UK in the first nine months of the year were from Albania, according to government figures.

    Rishi Sunak told the Commons “enough is enough” and that the system is “not fair”.

    More than 44,700 people have reached the UK by crossing the Channel in small boats in 2022

    Albanians accounted for more than a third of arrivals in the first nine months of the year – or 33,000 – compared to 3% last year.

    Joint measures with France to help monitor small boats crossings.
    5-point plan

    1. Small boats command

    A new permanent unified small boats operational command will be set up, combining military personnel, civilian capability and the National Crime Agency (NCA).

    It will recruit 700 staff and the NCA will also get its funding doubled for tackling organised immigration crime in Europe.

    Policing of the Channel is currently “too fragmented” and the new command will enable staff to coordinate intelligence and enforcement better.

    2. Focus on enforcement

    The new small boats command will allow immigration officers to focus solely on enforcement – increasing the capacity working on raiding illegal business premises by more than 50%.

    Data sharing with the relevant agencies will also be started again to crack down on migrants working illegally.

    3. No more hotels

    The government will stop using hotels to house asylum seekers as much as possible.

    Disused holiday parks, surplus military sites and empty university halls will be used instead – with space for 10,000 people already identified.

    This will cost half the amount of hotels.

    4. More caseworkers

    Numbers of asylum caseworkers will be doubled to triple productivity.

    Staff will be split by nationality and the application process will be “radically reengineered” with fewer interviews and paperwork to reduce the current backlog.

    100,000 +waiting for more than a year should be gone by the end of 2023.

    5. Albania deemed ‘safe country’

    A “new agreement and approach” has been agreed with Albanian officials including border force officers being embedded at Tirana airport for the first time to stop people trying to get to the UK illegally.

    New guidance will be issued for caseworkers that Albania is a safe country, which will mean the “majority of claims” are rejected and thousands returned on “weekly flights” in the coming months until “all the Albanians in our backlogs have been removed”.

    Some 400 new specialists will work on expediting Albanian applications “within weeks”.

    The threshold for what is considered a modern slave will be increased to require “objective evidence – not just a suspicion”.


    Rwanda

    Rishi Sunak legal reforms on illegal immigration including “legislation to make unambiguously clear that if you enter the UK illegally you should not be able to remain here” and will be “detained and returned to your home country or another safe country” as soon as possible.

    Plans to restart flying failed UK asylum seekers to Rwanda.

    The government’s “migration and economic development partnership” with Rwanda, the east African country, was unveiled in April but has failed to relocate anyone so far due to legal challenges.

    Plans to crack down on “late or spurious” appeals and legal challenges to asylum decisions.

    The new measures on Albanian migrants will be “put on a statutory footing” to avoid them being challenged in court.

    I predict that parliament will set asylum seeker quotas in coordination with local authorities to establish levels of capacity in each area.

    RIGHT ROYAL RUMPUS
    I predict that the Royals will continue to provide entertainment and social media fodder. Prince Harry’s book “Spare” 10th January
  • Charles III’s coronation at Westminster Abbey on 6th May 2023 will be a chance for the British monarchy to reset

    I predict that it will not be a “cut-price coronation” but rather British pageantry at its best. The eyes of the world will be on us again so we can all suspend disbelief long enough to lose ourselves in the majesty and mystique of the coronation ceremony.

    I predict Charles will try to make peace with Harry and the coronation will be more than just pomp and circumstance: it will show that the royal family understands modern Britain.

  • The pandemic

    30th January 2020 the World Health Organisation ( WHO I hear you cry! ) announced that coronavirus was a “public health emergency of international concern”.

    No territory has been spared. An estimated 20 million have died.

    UK lifted most restrictions in the summer of 2021. Covid-19 is still a disease that kills.
    The infection wave is peaking in Beijing.

    The pandemic began in China. Hospitals are overwhelmed, there are queues at crematoria and Britain is introducing mandatory Covid tests for travellers.

  • Early in 2023, the WHO is due to meet again. Then, says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, its director-general, they would like to make a statement as much about symbolism as practical public health: “We are hopeful that at some point next year we will be happy to say that Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency.”

    Technology
  • I predict that there will be further seismic developments in medicine, space, tech, AI, robotics.
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  • Cryptocurrency – hit by scandal, investor flight, business failure
  • FTX one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges collapsed into Chapter 11 bankruptcy
  • CEO Sam Bankman-Fried “severe liquidity crisis” FTX was the vanguard of new crypto currency valued at US$32 Billion handled over $1billion in transactions each day
  • New CEO John J Ray III oversaw some of the biggest bankruptcies in corporate history including energy giant ENRON
  • Scheme involved using some of the biggest names in sport and entertainment to raise funds including comedian Larry David, Japanese Tennis star Naomi Osaka, American Football Quarterback Tom Brady
  • Bitcoin developed by Satoshi Nakamoto as a way to circumvent traditional banking
  • Crypto currency is a digital currency using encryption algorithms. Blockchain public ledger to record transactions..Crypto currency created through mining using computer power to solve complicated mathematical problems.
  • Competing against the Dollar to be the currency of the world.
  • Crypto currency is very volatile. It has a track record of Boom & Bust  November 21st $69,000 The current price of Bitcoin on 2nd January is $16584.63 per (BTC / USD). Bitcoin is 75.89% below the all time high of $68789.63.
  • Kim Kardashian Crypto Crisis failed to disclose she was paid to promote a crypto asset in an Instagram ost. KK worth estimated $1.6 Billion. She was paid $250,000 to promote Ethereum told her 220m Intagram followers “Are you guys into crypto” Violation of Federal Securities Law. Paid Securities and Exchange Commission US$1.26 Billion and agreednot to promote crypto for 3 years. Now more than 330 million followers on Instagram.
    I predict there will be greater regulation to protect customers from harm and to put customer protection above profits and income.
  • Nothing should be construed as investment advice but the general principle should be if it seems too good to be true it probably is! The investment approach to a new sector should be similar to that of a short seller thinking about a hyped-up new stock – as an arbitrage opportunity. Shorts look for companies and bet the price will go down, not up.
  • I predict that more tech companies will fail in 2023 as they run out of money in a high-interest-rate environment. Amid this gloom, AI is a source of hope. One of the most important and widely beneficial scientific advances ever made and our biggest existential threat. Jack Ma, ex Chair of Alibaba, predicted decades of pain due to new technologies.
  • Artificial Intelligence devised by Stanford Prof John McCarthy in 1955. The science and engineering of making intelligent machines
  • Artificial Narrow Intelligence solving a specific task eg Alexa switch on the lights
  • Artificial General Intelligence – a machine that has the ability to understand and learn any intellectual task a human can without training.
  • Deep Mind has unveiled a new AI agent GATO that can complete 604 tasks across a wide range of environments. GATO uses a single neural network – a computing system with interconnected nodes that work like nerve cells in the human brain. It can chat, caption images, stack block with a robotic arm and even play 1980’s home video games
  • Deep Mind founded in London in 2010. Acquired by Google in 2014.
  • 2016 beat human GO player Lee Sedol
  • 2020 claimed to have solved 50 yearr old problem in biology “protein folding problem”,

Prof Stephen Hawking “ the development of full AI could spell the end of the human race. It would be the biggest event in human history but it might also be the last.”

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  • 1950 British Mathematical Magician Alan Turing (now celebrated on the back of a £50 note). His “differently wired brain enabled him to crack the Enigma Code. Turing proposed a test to determine whether a machine could think by seeing if a machine’s response to a conversation  could fool a human into believing they were communication with a real person “The Imitation Game”
  • ChatGPT, a sophisticated chatbot, had a test release that had many predicting the demise of Google and the disruption of white-collar jobs. New version GPT4. The company that produced it, OpenAI, is backed by Microsoft and it could integrate it into its search engine (Bing) or other products.

    Apple will venture into augmented/virtual reality with a new headset, but it will be too expensive to become a mass consumer product straight away.
  • I predict that more of us will buy second-hand phones and personal tech as costs bite and websites offer good guarantees on refurbished hardware.
  • We will learn more about big tech as companies are forced to submit information to regulators in the UK and EU ahead of incoming laws. Elon Musk will have a better time at Twitter as he rolls out new features, installs a chief executive and devotes more time to Tesla and less to culture wars.
  • Bin it don’t spin it
    Will any of the big streaming platforms sell or merge? No, not this year. Consolidation is inevitable in the entertainment industry as streaming becomes dominant. Speculation abounds about combinations: NBCUniversal and Warner Bros Discovery, Disney with Apple, Netflix with a tech giant willing to overpay. Warner will probably be the first domino to fall given its financial troubles. But when AT&T sold Warner in 2022 it was through a structure that restricts dealmaking for a couple of years. It means the big shakeout is more likely in 2024, the year many streamers claim they’ll finally be breaking even.
  • – Will the US women retain the football World Cup

  • US Politics
  • Donald Trump stage a comeback whilst Ron DeSantis will tighten his grip on the presidential nomination? Trump, 76, is lashing out and complaining ever more frequently as he faces a strong rival for the Republican nomination in Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor. The 44-year-old appeals through his stance against immigration and wokeism to Trump’s Make America Great Again (Maga) movement that has taken over the party.

    Trump is down but he is not yet out. Polls on who is ahead vary hugely and suggest a volatile contest. Trump cannot be written off, given the grip that he and his followers have on the party. Commentators view his vulnerability as playing to his advantage by drawing in a long list of Republican hopefuls, enabling Trump to repeat his 2016 trick of winning the anti-establishment vote against the field with just 30 to 40 per cent of the overall vote.

    There is every sign that DeSantis will go for it. To prevail in 2024, he will have to declare this spring and build momentum through key endorsements that dissuade rivals. He will be painted by Trump as the establishment guy, just as with the last Florida governor who stood in his way — Jeb Bush.

    Trump may face prosecution, whether in Georgia for leaning on officials to find him votes or by the Department of Justice on the recommendation of the special counsel Jack Smith over the January 6 riot or retention of documents. A conviction will not stop him — a candidate can run for president from prison in America — and will be utilised to keep the spotlight on his campaign. In the next 12 months Trump is likely to remain the biggest talking point in US politics.

    President Biden is set to announce a run for a second term in 2023. Despite historically low levels of approval and being by far the oldest president — he will be 82 shortly after the next election — he remains the most popular senior Democrat. No serious contender is likely to oppose him.

    Sports
  • It’s tempting to join the rush and leap on the Arsenal bandwagon. Arsenal have a manager in Mikel Arteta who all their fans finally realise is the real deal, a good teambuilder, man-manager and tactician. The league leaders have early contenders for player of the year in Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Granit Xhaka. Newcastle United also cannot be ignored, not simply because the shrewd Eddie Howe is building something special on Tyneside but also they have no European distraction. Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs and Manchester United also have hopes of involvement at the top.

    Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s ferocious hunger to win and his experience of the league marathon. Erling Haaland the best finisher in the Premier League, Kevin De Bruyne still smarting from Belgium’s World Cup under-achievement, Phil Foden wanting to keep reminding everyone of his precocious talent, Nathan Aké wanting to build on his superb World Cup, and Julián Álvarez a more confident, battle-hardened performer since Qatar and also with such strength in depth.

    Can the Lionesses succeed again where the men failed and win the World Cup?

    2023 the world’s in-form side, and favourites for the World Cup.

    Sarina Wiegman, the England manager, knows her side now have a target on their back; winning the trophy in the summer meant they transformed from the hunter to the hunted. She has what Gareth Southgate does not — experience at winning two major tournaments, having previously taken the Netherlands to victory in Euro 2017.

    England have talent in abundance, and a squad led by captain Leah Williamson who is one of several reaching their prime. The anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained by Beth Mead, the Sports Personality of the Year and Player of the Tournament at the Euros, is a major blow and if it does not rule her out of the World Cup entirely, it is unlikely she will be in form.

    England are ranked fourth in the world by Fifa but have reason for optimism having beaten all of the teams above them — the United States, Germany and Sweden — in the last five months.

    Wiegman fell at the final hurdle in the 2019 final while managing the Netherlands. Their victors that day, the United States, will be among the favourites again, although their global stars like Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan are well into their thirties and approaching the tail end of their careers.

  • TV for 2023

    Some of our favourite TV shows are back.

    Succession’s penultimate run, with the warring Roy family promising more back-stabbing, social climbing and unethical behaviour.

    Hit comedy Ted Lasso, starring Jason Sudeikis, will get its third season after delays.

    The critically lauded White Lotus may get its third series next year too. While the location of the next chapter is yet to be revealed, the Maldives may be the next murder-destination.

    As for brand-new shows, The Last Of Us – the first television series from PlayStation Productions and based on the video game – looks set to make Bella Ramsay a star.

    The biggest showbiz event of the year – the Oscars – will be held on Sunday 12 March. Steven Spielberg’s Fabelmans, sci-fi action adventure Everything Everywhere All at Once and Tom Cruises long-awaited Top Gun Maverick all bound to be in the running.
    AVATAR The Way Of Water a visual delight US$250 budget 3hours 12 mins
    High hopes for British stars Bill Nighy and Olivia Colman.

    Paul Mescal, as well as The Banshees of Inisherin’s Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are flying the flag for Ireland.

    The “Bren-aissance” – with Brendan Fraser- one of the biggest stars of the 90s and early 2000s- returning to Hollywood after nearly 20 years out of the limelight.

    While his movie The Whale’s unlikely to get a gong, I predict Fraser will be a frontrunner in this year’s best actor category.

    Whilst it probably will not win any 2024 Oscars, Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, will finally make it to the big screen next year.

    Live shows

    Tour wise, Peter Kay’s comedy gig, and residency at the O2 Arena, is the most highly anticipated.

    It’s his first live tour in 12 years, and it sold out in record time with 1.2 million ticket sales. Such was demand, he had to add more dates.

    Likewise, Glastonbury tickets sold out in just an hour, so most of us will be watching Sir Elton John’s farewell headline slot on TV.

    The closing night gig on the Pyramid Stage at the end of June is set to be emotional, with festival organisers promising “the mother of all send-offs”.

    Eurovision will also come to Liverpool in May, with the UK hosting the annual contest in Ukraine’s place.

    Andrew Eborn’s greatest writs
  • Stars in court

    This year was dominated by big celebrity court cases.

    After making headlines around the world, Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy’s “Wagatha Christie” case dramatic makeover and televised by Channel 4 with Michael Sheen as Coleen’s Barrister David Sherbourne.
  • Wags to riches / Scouse Trap

    Disney+ will also be showing a three-part documentary series about the court battle with “exclusive access” to Rooney. I predict lots more “WAGS at war” chatter in the year to come.
  • Ambassadors’ Theatre 6th April to 20th May 2023

    And Sir Elton John and Prince Harry are among a group of celebrities suing the Daily Mail publisher over alleged bugging, impersonation and accessing bank accounts. Associated Newspapers denies the claims.



  • Culture wars

    Mega stars from Ye aka Kanye West to JK Rowling and Elon Musk using Twitter to air opinions.

    Issues around freedom of speech versus potential to cause offense or harm have never been more pertinent.

    How the platform evolves – if it doesn’t collapse completely – is definitely one to watch throughout 2023.


  • Andrew Eborn – Lawyer, Broadcaster & Futurist

Andrew Eborn, President Octopus TV Ltd, is an international lawyer, strategic business adviser, broadcaster, author and futurist. 

For many years Andrew has empowered companies to face the challenges of changing markets, maximise the return on their rights as well as assisting with the strategic development of their businesses.


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Andrew Eborn – Lawyer, Broadcaster & Futurist Andrew Eborn, President Octopus TV Ltd, is an international lawyer, strategic business adviser, broadcaster, author and futurist. For many years Andrew has empowered companies to face the challenges of changing markets, maximise the return on their rights as well as assisting with the strategic development of their businesses. Andrew Eborn appears regularly on various channels around the world as a presenter / contributor on a wide range of topics as well as a speaker / host at live events including major festivals. Andrew Eborn presents and chairs various events and podcasts for a number of leading organisations including the Royal Television Society. THE LEGAL EAGLE HAS LANDED @AndrewEborn ‘s LAWFUL NEWS Every Saturday Morning with Esther & Phil @GBNews righting wrongs & discussing the week’s biggest cases #TheFuturist #LegalEagle @OctopusTV Andrew Eborn, President Octopus TV Ltd, is an international lawyer, strategic business adviser, broadcaster, author and futurist. For many years Andrew has empowered companies to face the challenges of changing markets, maximise the return on their rights as well as assisting with the strategic development of their businesses. Andrew Eborn appears regularly on various channels around the world as a presenter / contributor on a wide range of topics as well as a speaker / host at live events including major festivals. @AndrewEborn @OctopusTV https://www.octopus.tv/news-blog/

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