|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
Slow Horses: Slow-Burn Rebuttal
★★★★☆ [See-Saw Films Apple TV+] Slow Horses arrives like a corrective: a...
When Representation Masks Prejudice
Is it reasonable to expect marketing campaigns to reflect the demographics...
Becoming a Retail Impresario
For years my wife encouraged me to commercialise my art and designs,...
Thinking with Machines
I feel genuinely privileged to be alive in this era. The technological...
The Polite Exclusion of Home
I grew up in Birmingham during my formative years. Not inner‑city...
From Stutter to Boom
James Earl Jones Dies at 93 January 17th 1931 - September 9th 2024 James...
Slow Horses: Slow-Burn Rebuttal
★★★★☆ [See-Saw Films Apple TV+] Slow Horses arrives like a corrective: a spy drama that chooses...
When Representation Masks Prejudice
Is it reasonable to expect marketing campaigns to reflect the demographics of the population...
Becoming a Retail Impresario
For years my wife encouraged me to commercialise my art and designs, starting with the car...
Thinking with Machines
I feel genuinely privileged to be alive in this era. The technological leaps humanity has made...
The Polite Exclusion of Home
I grew up in Birmingham during my formative years. Not inner‑city Birmingham, not the grey belt...
From Stutter to Boom
James Earl Jones Dies at 93 January 17th 1931 - September 9th 2024 James Earl Jones, the...
“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood”
Agatha Christie
“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood”
Agatha Christie
|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
- We are having trouble with the Space Time Continuum
|General
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US seizes second oil tanker off Venezuela's coast
on 21 December | 2025 at 15:45The move comes after US President Donald Trump ordered a "blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.
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Gunmen kill nine in South Africa tavern attack
on 21 December | 2025 at 15:25A further 10 people were injured in Bekkersdal after the perpetrators opened fire and "continued to shoot randomly".
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Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied...
on 21 December | 2025 at 14:38Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move was about blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state.
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Rights groups condemn new record number of...
on 21 December | 2025 at 12:08At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, according to the UK-based campaign group Reprieve.
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Minute's silence held to remember Bondi Beach...
on 21 December | 2025 at 11:20Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was booed as he arrived at the memorial event.
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Imran Khan and wife given further jail terms...
on 21 December | 2025 at 08:12Pakistan's former PM, who is already serving time in prison, plans to challenge the verdict.
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Survivors 'nervous and sceptical' about release...
on 21 December | 2025 at 07:42US lawmakers who pushed for the documents to be made public have criticised the initial release as incomplete.
“There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.”
Simone de Beauvoir
“There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.”
Simone de Beauvoir
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
BELGIAN GP [Spa-Francorchamps]
