|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
Slow Horses: Slow-Burn Rebuttal
★★★★☆ [See-Saw Films Apple TV+] Slow Horses arrives like a corrective: a spy...
When Representation Masks Prejudice
Is it reasonable to expect marketing campaigns to reflect the demographics of...
Becoming a Retail Impresario
For years my wife encouraged me to commercialise my art and designs, starting...
Thinking with Machines
I feel genuinely privileged to be alive in this era. The technological leaps...
The Polite Exclusion of Home
I grew up in Birmingham during my formative years. Not inner‑city Birmingham,...
From Stutter to Boom
James Earl Jones Dies at 93 January 17th 1931 - September 9th 2024 James Earl...
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 they...
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 of...
From Stutter to Boom
James Earl Jones Dies at 93 January 17th 1931 - September 9th 2024 James Earl Jones, the legendary...
“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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Restoring ability to remove zombie cells may keep us sharp as we age
on 16 July | 2026Zombie, or senescent, cells accumulate in our body with age, when we become less able to clear them. But a study in mice suggests that a drug could restore this ability and improve ageing outcomes
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Neurostimulation restores feeling in paralysed hand for months after
on 16 July | 2026Keith Thomas, 48, has paralysis, but brain stimulation gave him some feeling and movement in his hands – and this was maintained even when the stimulation was turned off
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We’ve found a rocky, temperate planet’s atmosphere for the first time
on 16 July | 2026Astronomers have only previously found atmospheres around exoplanets that are very large or incredibly hot – but now they have found one adorning a world that may well be right for life
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Next-generation Alzheimer’s drug reduces risk of serious brain bleeds
on 16 July | 2026A new kind of antibody drug that more efficiently enters the brain could slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease with a much lower risk of dangerous side effects than existing therapies
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Stealth drone spins so fast that it disappears
on 16 July | 2026A drone that spins 25 times a second can avoid being spotted by becoming nothing more than a vague blur – though the creators admit that it can still be easily heard
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Best treatment for multiple sclerosis may be antivirals
on 15 July | 2026Low levels of replicating Epstein-Barr viruses might be the main driver of the autoimmune condition multiple sclerosis. This may mean that targeting them would be as effective as suppressing the immune system, with fewer side effects
|General
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Kris Jenner's mother Mary Jo dies aged 91
on 16 July | 2026 at 20:24Mary Jo 'MJ' Campbell was featured on multiple episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians over the years.
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Hundreds of Canada wildfires prompt US air...
on 16 July | 2026 at 19:58Smoke from more than 800 blazes has affected cities from Toronto to New York, as well as the US Midwest.
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White House teleprompter operator accused of...
on 16 July | 2026 at 18:52A White House staffer has been accused of using inside knowledge of speeches to make nearly $100,000 on Kalshi.
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Watch: What to know as Genoa bridge disaster...
on 16 July | 2026 at 18:52More than 50 defendants have been on trial in Italy over the 2018 bridge collapse which killed 43 people.
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Fifa 'assessing match reports' over Falklands...
on 16 July | 2026 at 18:44Fifa is "assessing the match reports" before deciding whether to punish Argentina after players held a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands.
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At least one dead in Texas floods ravaging same...
on 16 July | 2026 at 17:56The same area devastated by floods last year - causing more than 130 deaths, including those at Camp Mystic - is once again being hit.
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Italian officials handed jail terms for Genoa...
on 16 July | 2026 at 17:22The ex-head of Italy's motorway operator Giovanni Castellucci was handed a 12-year term over the 2018 bridge collapse.
“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]
