MYSTIC MEG
As a celebrity astrologer, Mystic Meg, who has died aged 80, achieved an unparalleled level of fame which only Russell Grant came close to matching. Mystic Meg’s fame peaked in the 1990s when she appeared as resident soothsayer on the televised National Lottery Saturday night draw, dramatically lit and emerging from a swirl of smoke, to make predictions about the week’s winner. Such was her fame at the time that a popular riposte to being asked a difficult question was “Who do you think I am, Mystic Meg?” editor Victoria Newton, said: “When all the Spice Girls came to the office… all they wanted to do was meet Mystic Meg! You know you’re a true icon when the only
