|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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Test moderators use AI-generated writing to judge literacy standards
on 14 August | 2026To cut the cost of key stage 2 assessments, a UK government project proposes to use scripts generated by ChatGPT instead of real children's writing as examples supplied to moderators who check that grades are awarded fairly
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THC in cannabis may reduce nightmares in people with PTSD
on 14 August | 2026A drug made up of THC, the main psychoactive component of cannabis, reduced the severity and incidence of nightmares in people with PTSD
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Fishers detonate a bomb every hour on one Indonesian coral reef
on 14 August | 2026The use of explosives to kill fish is widespread across the tropics, and acoustic monitoring in an Indonesian archipelago detected more than 3500 explosions in 483 days
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How bad is the UK drought and how long will it continue?
on 14 August | 2026Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions, resulting in restrictions on water use in many areas and severe wildfires – here's how it's affecting farming, wildlife and trees
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Monsoon-driven wildfires may have shaped human evolution
on 14 August | 2026A reconstruction of East Africa's environment 1.75 million years ago suggests wildfires spiked during wetter times, which may have influenced human evolution
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‘Remarkable’ discovery upends our understanding of how brains store memories
on 13 August | 2026Memories in mice persisted even after they lost the connections that we thought were needed for recall, expanding our knowledge of memory in the mammalian brain
|General
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Rescuers search for survivors of powerful...
on 16 August | 2026 at 04:13Officials say a rapid assessment into the impact of the earthquake that destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed 47 is under way.
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Hawaii braces for potential first direct hit by a...
on 16 August | 2026 at 03:54In a worst-case scenario, category one Lala could dump up to 25in (63cm) of rain on Big Island.
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BBC seeks to subpoena family members in Panorama...
on 16 August | 2026 at 00:11A spokesperson for Trump's legal team responded to the request accusing the broadcaster of "seeking to harass" the president's family.
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Australian state to launch gun buyback after...
on 15 August | 2026 at 21:41New South Wales, where the attack took place, will offer gun owners cash to give up their firearms.
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Qatar denies capturing three Iranian pilots after...
on 15 August | 2026 at 21:03Iran claims they have been held since Qatar downed two fighter jets at the start of the US-Iran war.
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Morocco detains dozens of migrants trying to...
on 15 August | 2026 at 20:58Security had been stepped up amid suggestions on social media of a second mass crossing on Saturday.
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Eleven killed in Israeli strikes on southern...
on 15 August | 2026 at 20:21Israel's military said it had struck "Hezbollah terror infrastructure" in response to what it described as earlier action against its soldiers.
“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
|THE CIRCUS
Where the spectacle grows, but the soul stays pure. Driven by driving talent, engineering brilliance, and the pursuit of the limit.
Ayrton Senna embodied the purity of racing; fearless, intuitive, and utterly committed to the craft. His legacy isn’t just in his victories, but in the emotional depth he brought to the sport.
Professor Sid Watkins, Formula One’s pioneering medical voice, stood as Senna’s guardian and friend. Their relationship shaped modern motorsport safety, and Watkins’ work ensured that Senna’s impact extended far beyond the cockpit.