|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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Experimental mRNA vaccine may protect against multiple Ebola viruses
on 22 May | 2026
Tests with rodents suggest an mRNA vaccine in development offers protection against three strains of Ebola virus, including the one behind the current crisis
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Political anger affects the body differently to other forms of anger
on 22 May | 2026
We all feel emotions like anger and disgust from time to time, but they seem to cause stronger bodily sensations when they're politically induced
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Australia is battling its largest diphtheria outbreak in living memory
on 22 May | 2026
Vaccine misinformation, nurse and doctor shortages and crowded living arrangements may be behind soaring rates of diphtheria in remote Indigenous communities in Australia
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Mathematicians stunned by AI's biggest breakthrough in mathematics yet
on 21 May | 2026
Artificial intelligence built by OpenAI has cracked a decades-old conjecture by Paul Erdős, which mathematicians have hailed as a monumental moment for AI in mathematics
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Women’s body temperature rises from age 18 to 42 but we don’t know why
on 20 May | 2026
Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and overall health
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Putting CO2 into rocks and getting hydrogen out is climate double win
on 20 May | 2026
Storing carbon dioxide in rocks while producing hydrogen from them - and perhaps even geothermal power too - could be a double win on the climate front, and several groups are trying to make it happen
|General
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Trump is putting pressure on Cuba - why and to...
on 22 May | 2026 at 18:33
The US has warned that a peaceful agreement with Cuba is unlikely, Havana insists this is a "fraudulent case" designed to justify military intervention.
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Ebola risk raised to 'very high' in DR Congo
on 22 May | 2026 at 16:23
The head of the UN health agency says the risk in the wider region is "high", but it remains "low" at the global level.
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Waymo pauses robotaxis in five US cities after...
on 22 May | 2026 at 16:10
A Waymo spokesperson said it had expanded the temporary pause "out of an abundance of caution".
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Rubio tries to reassure Nato allies over US troop...
on 22 May | 2026 at 15:18
President Donald Trump says he wants to send more troops to Poland, a week after his officials cancelled a similar deployment.
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An Indian bride dies. Rival claims of murder and...
on 22 May | 2026 at 11:41
Twisha Sharma, a model and actor, had been married for just five months when she was found dead.
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Turkish opposition fights court ousting of...
on 22 May | 2026 at 11:34
The appeal court declared Özgür Özel's party leadership victory void, further cementing the president's grip on power.
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AI used to fake evidence that ended Korean...
on 22 May | 2026 at 10:50
Police are seeking an arrest warrant for a YouTuber who allegedly fabricated evidence to defame actor Kim Soo-hyun.

“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













