Mother anxious that he should not fly to protect him from the curse. He waited until her death from cancer to take up flying, including on moonless nights.
Yes, the ingredients are there, as with Diana, for a sort of sexualised angst - is there some theme of the Kennedys having to prove an image of masculinity to dangerous lengths, whether publicly virtuous or privately smutty.
Whether taking the decision that mankind will take a giant step to the moon, or make a small flight over water without the help of moonlight.
All states need their stars to bind them together (something that marxists forget in theory and remember in practice).
Is there going to be national mourning in the US as big as that in the UK with Diana? Will its meaning be the same? The People's Prince???
Chris Burford
London