|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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Phantom codes could help quantum computers avoid errors
on 3 March | 2026A method for making quantum computers less error-prone could let them run complex programs such as simulations of materials more efficiently, thus making them more useful
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Selfish Y chromosome may explain why some families mostly have sons
on 3 March | 2026A family in Utah with a disproportionate number of boys has been traced back over hundreds of years, revealing that its lack of female members is probably due to a selfish Y chromosome
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Your microbiome may determine your risk of a severe allergic reaction
on 3 March | 2026The microbes that live in our mouth and gut may influence whether an allergic reaction to peanuts is mild or life-threatening, and could be harnessed to ward off a severe attack
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Why the US is using a cheap Iranian drone against the country itself
on 3 March | 2026The US and Iran are trading blows in the Gulf with a simple drone that costs as little as $50,000 to make. But why is a slow, cheap and relatively primitive drone seeing use in 2026 alongside hypersonic missiles and stealth jets?
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First drone passengers may be combat casualties and criminals
on 3 March | 2026Drones aren't yet licensed to carry passengers, but some may already be airlifting wounded personnel off the battlefield and could be employed for smuggling people
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Spreading crushed rock on farms could absorb 1 billion tonnes of CO2
on 2 March | 2026Putting silicate rocks from mine waste on fields could improve crops and limit global warming, but some researchers question where all that rock is going to come from
|General
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Why did US and Israel attack Iran and how long...
on 4 March | 2026 at 07:32Iran has carried out strikes against Israel, across the Gulf and against a British base in Cyprus in retaliation.
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South Korea woman and doctors guilty of murder of...
on 4 March | 2026 at 05:43The case has gripped South Korea, where there is no regulation on how far into pregnancy an abortion can take place.
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US and Ecuador forces launch operation to fight...
on 4 March | 2026 at 04:07Washington says the two countries are combatting what the US calls designated terrorist organisations in the South American country.
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First US soldiers to die in Iran conflict are...
on 4 March | 2026 at 03:49Four of the six - ranging in age from 20 to 42 - have been named after the drone strike in Kuwait.
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What to know about the 'two sessions', China's...
on 4 March | 2026 at 01:04The carefully choreographed annual meetings signal the priorities of the world's second-largest economy.
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Australian girl, 8, killed in snowmobile accident...
on 4 March | 2026 at 00:53It is the fourth Australian death at a Japanese ski resort this year.
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TikTok won't protect DMs with controversial...
on 4 March | 2026 at 00:34TikTok tells the BBC it won't join rival platforms such as WhatsApp and Messenger in using end-to-end encryption.
“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]
