|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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Are we getting to the point where it's safe to gene-edit babies?
on 5 June | 2026
A team in the US has reported promising results after using an improved form of CRISPR to gene-edit human embryos, but a major issue remains unsolved
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Cuts to US ocean programme will hinder monitoring of El Niño and AMOC
on 5 June | 2026
Scientists warn that the Trump administration's push to dismantle a vital network of ocean-sensing instruments will stymie crucial weather and climate monitoring in the Pacific and Atlantic
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Flood of AI 'garbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit
on 5 June | 2026
The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit
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A chromosome from a frozen rat has been resurrected inside mice
on 5 June | 2026
Mice that contain cells with an added rat chromosome have been created by scientists. The next step is to try this with frozen elephant tissue – and if that works, the team will try it with frozen mammoths
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Becoming a parent may make you love your partner less
on 4 June | 2026
Parents report loving their partners less within the first year of having a child, but that doesn't mean the feeling is permanent or inevitable
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Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening
on 4 June | 2026
A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water "conveyor belt" in the Atlantic is slowing down
|General
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Andreeva wins French Open as Chwalinska fairytale...
on 6 June | 2026 at 15:44
Teenager Mirra Andreeva fulfils her huge potential with a first Grand Slam title as Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska is denied a fairytale French Open victory.
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US and Iran exchange strikes in Gulf in latest...
on 6 June | 2026 at 14:46
The US military strikes Iranian drones and radar sites and Tehran says it has targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
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Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg in attack...
on 6 June | 2026 at 13:38
The city's governor urges residents to remain indoors for the first time since the beginning of the war.
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Iran says staff blocked from entering US after...
on 6 June | 2026 at 11:56
Iranian officials say technical staff have been denied visas, hours after the US said players could enter the country.
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Lebanon says three soldiers killed in Israeli...
on 6 June | 2026 at 10:57
The Israeli military is investigating the incident in south Lebanon, where it is fighting Hezbollah.
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Man dies after shark attack in Western Australia,...
on 6 June | 2026 at 08:20
The man was spearfishing off Michaelmas Island with his family, according to local reports.
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Tributes to Buffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head...
on 6 June | 2026 at 07:33
The British actor, who also appeared in Merlin and Little Britain, died of complications from pneumonia.

“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













