|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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Inside the world’s first antimatter delivery service
on 21 March | 2026On Tuesday, CERN will transport antiprotons on a truck for the first time, testing the plan to deliver antimatter by road to research labs across Europe
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We’ve spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast
on 20 March | 2026Astronomers have found a 710-metre-wide asteroid that spins once every 1.9 minutes, so fast that it should have spun itself apart
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Major leap towards reanimation after death as mammal's brain preserved
on 20 March | 2026A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place and minimal damage. Some believe the same could be done with the brains of people with a terminal illness, so their mind can be reconstructed and they can "continue with their life"
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Private company to land on asteroid Apophis as it flies close to Earth
on 20 March | 2026Apophis will be visited by multiple spacecraft – including landers – when it skims past Earth in three years
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Probiotic cream that ramps up heat production could prevent frostbite
on 19 March | 2026Tweaking our skin's microbiome via a probiotic cream could prevent frostbite and hypothermia in extreme environments
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Mathematician wins 2026 Abel prize for solving 60-year-old mystery
on 19 March | 2026Gerd Faltings shocked mathematicians around the world for his 1983 proof of the Mordell conjecture, which brought together seemingly disparate mathematical fields
|General
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BTS return from military service - but does their...
on 21 March | 2026 at 07:04The band's 10th album sees them return to the rebellious, rap-heavy sound of their early days.
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BTS comeback concert: Seoul gets ready to host...
on 21 March | 2026 at 06:59RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook will perform together for the first time since October 2022.
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Watch: Thick smoke billows from South Korea car...
on 21 March | 2026 at 05:49Eleven people were killed and dozens injured when a huge blaze engulfed a car parts factory in the central city of Daejeon.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer actor Nicholas Brendon...
on 21 March | 2026 at 04:42Brendon died of "natural cases", his family said in a statement, remembering him as "passionate" and "sensitive".
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Russia's school propaganda was highlighted by...
on 21 March | 2026 at 01:05The messages are clear: the full-scale invasion is a defensive war and patriotism means unquestionable loyalty.
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Socialists battle to hold Paris in key mayoral...
on 21 March | 2026 at 01:03Emmanuel Grégoire is facing a challenge from Rachida Dati on the right who is behind in the opinion polls.
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Chuck Norris memes were undefeated for a...
on 21 March | 2026 at 01:03Chuck Norris became an inadvertent source of humour for a viral online celebration of his movie tough guy persona.
“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]
