|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
Slow Horses: Slow-Burn Rebuttal
★★★★☆ [See-Saw Films Apple TV+] Slow Horses arrives like a corrective: a spy...
When Representation Masks Prejudice
Is it reasonable to expect marketing campaigns to reflect the demographics of...
Becoming a Retail Impresario
For years my wife encouraged me to commercialise my art and designs, starting...
Thinking with Machines
I feel genuinely privileged to be alive in this era. The technological leaps...
The Polite Exclusion of Home
I grew up in Birmingham during my formative years. Not inner‑city Birmingham,...
From Stutter to Boom
James Earl Jones Dies at 93 January 17th 1931 - September 9th 2024 James Earl...
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 they...
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 of...
From Stutter to Boom
James Earl Jones Dies at 93 January 17th 1931 - September 9th 2024 James Earl Jones, the legendary...
“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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Mystery hominin left big footprints at ancient lake in Africa
on 27 July | 2026Over 1.4 million years ago, a group of eight ancient hominins walked across a shallow mudflat, but their footprints don’t match those of Paranthropus boisei or Homo erectus
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We’ve found the best example yet of an enormous wandering black hole
on 27 July | 2026Astronomers have caught a supermassive black hole straying far from the centre of its galaxy using light from a star being ripped apart
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Eye implant that restores vision lost to age approved for use
on 27 July | 2026An eye implant and a pair of high-tech glasses that enable people with a severe form of vision loss to read have been approved for use by a European regulator
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One of NASA’s crucial links to deep space is at risk of burning down
on 24 July | 2026The Deep Space Network is our best way to communicate with spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit, and one of its three stations around the world is in the middle of a wildfire
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Clothes made from living fungi can clean and repair themselves
on 24 July | 2026Researchers have created a textile made from the parasitic fungus Cordyceps militaris, which is biodegradable and can be adapted for different purposes with various microbes
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Having a young biological age could help with weight loss
on 24 July | 2026In a small study, restricting calories led to greater weight loss among people with a biological age younger than their chronological age
|General
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Pirlo out of Italy football top job after...
on 27 July | 2026 at 20:01The uproar throws the Italian Football Federation into further disarray following Italy's third consecutive failure to qualify for the World Cup.
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Wildfire witnesses describe 'wall of flames',...
on 27 July | 2026 at 19:50Local and visitors tell the BBC of disbelief and anxiety as wildfires force more than 300,000 people to evacuate.
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Police still searching for second suspect in...
on 27 July | 2026 at 19:23One suspect, a teenager, is in custody following the shooting, in which three people were killed and others injured.
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Wildfire now nine miles away from French city of...
on 27 July | 2026 at 17:50Thomas Cazenave says they are preparing if further evacuations are issued, as the mayor of a nearby town called the situation "catastrophic".
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What you need to know if you're travelling to...
on 27 July | 2026 at 17:20The BBC’s cost of living correspondent explains how to handle holiday cancellations as a result of European wildfires.
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Shots fired at US consulate in Toronto for a...
on 27 July | 2026 at 16:56Police said they engaged in a high-speed car chase but failed to arrest the suspect, who remains at large. Three people were arrested in June after a similar attack.
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Ukraine dismisses Iranian threats as Caspian Sea...
on 27 July | 2026 at 16:33Iran has reacted with fury to the assault on the vessel, with Tehran's foreign minister saying it "cannot go unanswered".
“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
|THE CIRCUS
Where the spectacle grows, but the soul stays pure. Driven by driving talent, engineering brilliance, and the pursuit of the limit.
Ayrton Senna embodied the purity of racing; fearless, intuitive, and utterly committed to the craft. His legacy isn’t just in his victories, but in the emotional depth he brought to the sport.
Professor Sid Watkins, Formula One’s pioneering medical voice, stood as Senna’s guardian and friend. Their relationship shaped modern motorsport safety, and Watkins’ work ensured that Senna’s impact extended far beyond the cockpit.