|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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Carbon credits are flawed, but they can still help save forests
on 12 May | 2026Carbon credits bought by companies to offset their emissions really have reduced deforestation, but not by as much as credit developers claim, according to a rigorous analysis
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A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa
on 12 May | 2026Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the Earth’s mantle, a sign of a rupture in the tectonic plates and the possible beginning of a new continental boundary
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Can floating data centres meet AI's huge energy demand?
on 11 May | 2026A US start-up is putting autonomous data centres in the ocean, powered by wave energy, but experts warn that the harsh environment could make maintenance challenging
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Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence
on 11 May | 2026Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on the island’s ancestry
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Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel
on 10 May | 2026Minuscule silicon wafers propelled by lasers could be used to steer light sails, helping them travel beyond the solar system
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A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing
on 9 May | 2026If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic intervention – building a 130-kilometre-wide dam between the US and Russia
|General
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Ghana to evacuate 300 from South Africa over...
on 13 May | 2026 at 08:24The foreign minister says the "distressed" Ghanaians registered with the embassy in Pretoria to be evacuated.
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Trump's 'Golden Dome' will cost $1.2tn and might...
on 13 May | 2026 at 01:59That pricetag is nearly seven times higher than Trump's initial estimate, found an independent budget office.
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Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player,...
on 13 May | 2026 at 00:40Collins shared late last year that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Thief jailed after stealing unreleased Beyoncé...
on 13 May | 2026 at 00:01The man smashed into a car and stole luggage containing hard drives with the singer's tracks.
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Air India crisis deepens ahead of final Ahmedabad...
on 12 May | 2026 at 22:15Air India faces a leadership vacuum and mounting financial losses as it struggles to recover from the crash.
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A decade on, Trump returns to a stronger and more...
on 12 May | 2026 at 22:07Beijing is arguably the most powerful competitor the US has confronted in its history, one analyst says.
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Australia has some of the world's costliest...
on 12 May | 2026 at 20:28The government hopes reforms will help young people enter the market, while critics say it will stifle supply.
“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]
