|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
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Attacks from our immune system are a cause of long covid
on 31 March | 2026
The immune system going rogue and attacking healthy tissue seems to behind some cases of long covid, a discovery that could open doors towards treatments
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New fibre optic record allows 50,000,000 movies to be streamed at once
on 31 March | 2026
Improved hardware can send ten times as much data through existing fibre optic cables, potentially providing a way to massively upgrade the internet's infrastructure without the cost and inconvenience of laying any new cables
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Astronauts are ready to return to the moon on Artemis II mission
on 31 March | 2026
NASA’s Artemis II mission will be the first time humans have been around the moon in half a century, and its next launch window opens on 1 April
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Food shock is inevitable due to the Iran war – and it could get bad
on 30 March | 2026
Even if the conflict in the Middle East ends today, higher fuel, fertiliser and pesticide prices will lead to a food shock in the coming months. There is no easy way out, but accelerating the net-zero transition will help prevent future shocks
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The Shroud of Turin bears DNA from many people, plants and animals
on 30 March | 2026
Researchers have identified genetic material from a vast range of organisms contaminating the shroud, said to have wrapped Jesus's body, further complicating the question of the cloth's true origin
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The weird physics of plant-based milks is only just coming to light
on 30 March | 2026
Experiments on different kinds of milk have revealed that many plant-based milks are non-Newtonian fluids
|General
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China is trying to play peacemaker in the Iran...
on 1 April | 2026 at 07:16
It's a turnaround for Beijing, whose official response has been muted so far. Why is China stepping in now?
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Tech giant Oracle makes 'significant' job cuts
on 1 April | 2026 at 07:09
It is thought that thousands of people may have lost their jobs at Oracle, one of the world's largest tech companies.
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'It's phenomenal!': Excitement in Florida ahead...
on 1 April | 2026 at 06:37
BBC’s Leyla Khodabakhshi speaks to locals and visitors in Florida ahead of the Artemis II mission blast off.
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Megan Thee Stallion taken to hospital during...
on 1 April | 2026 at 05:30
The rapper "started feeling very ill" mid-way through the show in New York, her representative told US media.
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'My six-year-old has nosebleeds': Chiang Mai air...
on 1 April | 2026 at 03:19
It's peak fire season in the Thai city, which now ranks as one of the world's most polluted.
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US Army pilots who flew near Kid Rock's home...
on 1 April | 2026 at 00:51
The crews of two military helicopters were suspended by the army, then told there would be "no investigation" by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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India begins counting more than a billion people...
on 1 April | 2026 at 00:11
The two-phase exercise - the world’s most ambitious - will see three million officials count every Indian.

“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













