|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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Space storms could switch train signals and cause serious accidents
on 26 May | 2026Critical safety equipment in many train systems is vulnerable to disruption by space weather, which could lead to fatal accidents
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Earliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese doctor’s tomb
on 26 May | 2026Residues on medical equipment reveal that physicians in China over 600 years ago used aconitine, a highly toxic plant chemical, to alleviate pain during surgical procedures
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Attack on Iran’s oil released as much pollution as a volcano
on 26 May | 2026Airstrikes on Tehran earlier this year emitted a plume containing almost 30,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide that reached Asian countries
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Mars astronauts may do laundry by blasting clothes with a plasma beam
on 25 May | 2026There is currently no good way for astronauts in space to do laundry, but researchers may have finally come up with one: a bright purple jet of microbe-killing plasma
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Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected water in a single day
on 22 May | 2026Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now we may understand the events that formed them over just one Mercurian day
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Experimental mRNA vaccine may protect against multiple Ebola viruses
on 22 May | 2026Tests with rodents suggest an mRNA vaccine in development offers protection against three strains of Ebola virus, including the one behind the current crisis
|General
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Four killed as school minibus collides with train...
on 26 May | 2026 at 16:15Two schoolchildren, their chaperone and the minibus driver were killed in the crash, says a Belgian minister.
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Senegal's sacked PM Sonko elected parliamentary...
on 26 May | 2026 at 15:41As speaker, Sonko could use his position to challenge the policies of the president, his one-time ally.
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Iran condemns US strikes as 'gross violation' of...
on 26 May | 2026 at 15:15The attacks took place while Iranian and Qatari negotiators were in Doha for peace talks.
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White House gunman had previous run-ins with...
on 26 May | 2026 at 14:04The suspect previously obstructed a White House entry lane in June of 2025 and told Secret Service agents he was Jesus Christ.
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Eleven killed in Lebanon village as Israel...
on 26 May | 2026 at 12:44Israel says it struck 100 Hezbollah infrastructure sites and fighters in Lebanon, after PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to "crush" Hezbollah.
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Ebola needs swift response to prevent...
on 26 May | 2026 at 11:22The governor of Ituri said the more time they lose, the closer the province is to disaster.
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Netanyahu says Israel will intensify strikes...
on 26 May | 2026 at 10:48The Israeli military hits targets in eastern Lebanon after the prime minister announces further strikes.
“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]
