|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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Smart underwear detects lactose intolerance by tracking your farts
on 4 May | 2026
A device you attach to your underwear reveals how often you really break wind – and it’s probably more frequently than you think
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2026 will be the hottest year on record, leading scientist predicts
on 1 May | 2026
The second half of this year will almost certainly see the start of an El Niño phase that could lead to extreme heat across much of the globe, and James Hansen expects that to make this year surpass 2024 as the hottest on record
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NHS England rushes to hide software over AI hacking fears
on 1 May | 2026
National Health Service rules state that all software created with public money should be publicly available, but fears of computer-hacking AI models like Mythos have prompted a change in policy
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Oak trees use delaying tactics to thwart hungry caterpillars
on 1 May | 2026
An infestation of caterpillars can make an oak tree postpone when it opens its leaves next year by three days, wrong-footing the insects when they attack again
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Will Colombia summit kick-start the end of the fossil fuel era?
on 1 May | 2026
With progress at COP climate meetings stalling, 57 countries took part in the first of a new series of conferences aiming to develop roadmaps away from fossil fuels, but big emitters like China and the US were absent
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The rings of Uranus are even stranger than we thought
on 1 May | 2026
Uranus’s outermost two rings are surprisingly dissimilar, which opens up a mystery about the tiny moons and moonlets that form them
|General
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Three dead in suspected virus outbreak on...
on 4 May | 2026 at 09:29
The World Health Organization said one case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed, with five more suspected cases under investigation.
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Nigeria plans to repatriate nationals willing to...
on 4 May | 2026 at 09:06
There has been a wave of anti-migrant protests in South Africa, some of which have turned violent.
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Taiwan president visits Eswatini days after...
on 4 May | 2026 at 03:15
It is unclear how he reached Eswatini. China described his visit as a "stowaway-style escape farce".
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Who shot a Secret Service officer at the Trump...
on 3 May | 2026 at 17:29
Court papers do not explicitly accuse the suspect of shooting the officer, even as officials say it was not "friendly fire".
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Two US service members reported missing in...
on 3 May | 2026 at 17:27
A search and rescue operation is underway for the service members, who are believed to have been involved in an accident, according to authorities.
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Police officer lowered into crocodile-infested...
on 3 May | 2026 at 15:47
Police suspect the human remains belong to a businessman swept away by floodwater last week.
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Concern for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate as...
on 3 May | 2026 at 14:44
Her family said the 54-year-old had been taken from prison to a local hospital after a sharp deterioration in her health.

“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













