|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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Huge study of Alzheimer’s genetics identifies new drug targets
on 1 June | 2026Almost 50 more genes have been flagged as being linked to Alzheimer’s, along with changes in activity in crucial cells that disappear as dementia progresses
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Geoengineering can thicken Arctic sea ice, but for how long?
on 1 June | 2026Two companies are aiming to preserve Arctic ice by pumping water onto the sheet and letting it freeze, but only one of the trials found that this delayed melting in the summer
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Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them
on 30 May | 2026Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies
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Aim high but don't shoot for the moon, mathematicians advise
on 29 May | 2026According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be ambitious, but not overly so
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Horror video game gets its creepiness from a quantum computer
on 29 May | 2026Quantum Backrooms is a horror game in which the player explores eerie rooms. The twist is that the rooms have been generated by a quantum computer
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We're becoming more individualistic and it's affecting our love lives
on 29 May | 2026We're increasingly prioritising our own needs over those of the wider community, which may be causing us to love our partners less intensely
|General
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Voting suspended in parts of Ethiopia over...
on 1 June | 2026 at 14:35Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's party is expected to dominate the election as conflicts overshadow the vote.
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Israel PM orders strikes on Beirut suburbs as...
on 1 June | 2026 at 14:13Benjamin Netanyahu says the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh will be targeted in response to attacks on Israeli civilians.
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US says it struck Iranian radar sites as Iran...
on 1 June | 2026 at 13:12Iran and the US say they have carried out fresh strikes around the Strait of Hormuz, with Kuwait condemning "repeated" Iranian attacks.
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France seized sanctioned Russian oil tanker with...
on 1 June | 2026 at 11:53A British helicopter provided support during the operation on Sunday, the UK ministry of defence says.
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Watch: Fans break glass door trying to see TV star
on 1 June | 2026 at 11:34Huge crowds formed outside a shopping centre in China to see Pursuit of Jade's Zhang Linghe.
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Nigeria police warn against reprisal attacks...
on 1 June | 2026 at 10:02Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following several anti-migrant protests.
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Five patients recover from Ebola in DR Congo and...
on 1 June | 2026 at 09:56Those infected can get better and officials stress that people should seek medical help if they have symptoms.
“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]
