|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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'Transformative' pancreatic cancer drug doubles survival time
on 1 June | 2026People with advanced pancreatic cancer taking an experimental daily pill lived nearly twice as long as those receiving chemotherapy infusions
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How human error became a weapon against large language models
on 1 June | 2026Alan Turing proposed a test for machine intelligence: could a computer convince a human it was human? We have begun conducting the same test on ourselves, writes Max Moser
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Huge study of Alzheimer’s genetics identifies new drug targets
on 1 June | 2026Almost 50 more genes have been flagged as being linked to Alzheimer’s, along with changes in activity in crucial cells that disappear as dementia progresses
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Geoengineering can thicken Arctic sea ice, but for how long?
on 1 June | 2026Two companies are aiming to preserve Arctic ice by pumping water onto the sheet and letting it freeze, but only one of the trials found that this delayed melting in the summer
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Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them
on 30 May | 2026Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies
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Aim high but don't shoot for the moon, mathematicians advise
on 29 May | 2026According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be ambitious, but not overly so
|General
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Two people shot dead amid Kenya protests against...
on 2 June | 2026 at 15:58The US plan has sparked public anger and led to demonstrations near the site of the proposed treatment facility.
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Canada formally requests renewal of North...
on 2 June | 2026 at 15:20In a letter to his North American counterparts, US-Canada Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the three countries should renew the USMCA trade deal.
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Ukraine rescuers pull dead from rubble after...
on 2 June | 2026 at 15:10An eight-year-old boy killed in a strike on an apartment block are among the dead, officials say.
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British couple lose Iran jail sentence appeal,...
on 2 June | 2026 at 15:05Lindsay and Craig Foreman were arrested in January 2025 during a global motorbike journey.
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South Africa police investigate killing of two...
on 2 June | 2026 at 14:51The deaths come after a day of violent protests against illegal migration in the town of Mossel Bay.
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Maga influencer admits London Tube station assault
on 2 June | 2026 at 14:35Melissa Rein Lively accepted a caution, while an assault by beating charge against her was withdrawn.
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Ghana's anti-LGBTQ+ bill to be scrutinised before...
on 2 June | 2026 at 11:59Passed by MPs, the bill proposes prison sentences for people identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community.
“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]
