|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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The relationship recession is even bigger for Gen Z than we thought
on 12 June | 2026
We know that members of Gen Z are less likely to be in a steady relationship than millennials were at their age, but previous research missed out an important factor that actually widens the relationship recession
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Quantum computer quickly mines cryptocurrency while using less energy
on 12 June | 2026
A superconducting quantum computer is part of a network that is mining an experimental cryptocurrency called Quip, and it is able to do it faster and with better energy efficiency than conventional machines
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First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timekeeping
on 12 June | 2026
A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology that could eventually beat the accuracy of today’s best atomic clocks
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Global map reveals the vast scale of underground fungal networks
on 11 June | 2026
Our soils are teeming with networks of fungi, and we're starting to understand how important they are
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Have we finally worked out how Venus flytraps snap shut?
on 11 June | 2026
It was widely thought that the movement of water through Venus flytrap cells caused the trap to close, but detailed experiments have led scientists to propose an alternative mechanism
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‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause 15 per cent of global warming
on 11 June | 2026
So-called indirect greenhouse gases, including carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds, aren’t covered by climate policies even though they heat the planet
|General
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Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire as...
on 12 June | 2026 at 22:00
Musk is now worth $1.11tn according to the Bloomberg rich list, while SpaceX listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange with a value of $2.2tn.
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Deal to end fighting would lead to Hormuz...
on 12 June | 2026 at 21:04
The deal which will pave the way for hostilities to end is close to being finalised, the US, Iran and mediators Pakistan say.
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Fans on concourses instead of in seats, claims...
on 12 June | 2026 at 20:26
Fifa says numerous empty seats were visible in the near-sell-out Group A match between South Korea and the Czech Republic because of fans remaining on concourses.
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King leads tributes to 'giant of the art world'...
on 12 June | 2026 at 19:10
The artist, who has died at the age of 88, "was one of life's true originals", King Charles says.
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Mother finds body of missing son two days after...
on 12 June | 2026 at 16:41
Sylvester Muigai Ndung'u was in Nanyuki to fetch a school uniform on Tuesday, his mother says.
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French town buries murdered child as questions...
on 12 June | 2026 at 16:19
The prime suspect in the killing of Lyhanna, 11, was reported to police nine months prior but never questioned.
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Discovery of €1.2m jewellery prompts fresh...
on 12 June | 2026 at 15:55
José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is suspected of being unable to show proof he paid import duties on the jewellery.

“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













