|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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It’s good for the planet to scrap a new petrol car and buy electric
on 6 August | 2026Carbon savings from driving EVs are so large that it makes sense to scrap a working petrol car to make the switch
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DeepMind AI gives an extra day of warning ahead of deadly cyclones
on 6 August | 2026An AI model from DeepMind can predict cyclones three days ahead with a level of accuracy that previous models can only hit a day later
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Do leftovers taste better the next day? Sometimes, according to science
on 6 August | 2026The widespread belief that some foods benefit from a night in the fridge has been put to the test, and it seems to be true for some curries, but not lasagne
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Three factors in midlife can delay the onset of dementia by 13 years
on 5 August | 2026A study involving 12,000 adults in the US suggests that taking action to prevent dementia during your 50s can make a big difference later in life
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Swallowing faecal capsules reduces peanut allergy in six adults
on 5 August | 2026Altering the gut microbiomes of people with peanut allergy using faeces donated from an allergy-free individual improved their peanut tolerance in a clinical trial
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Gene-edited dogs lack the protein that causes allergies
on 5 August | 2026A company has created dogs that do not have the main protein that provokes allergies, and hopes to get approval to start selling them
|General
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Australian aviation crew carries out daring...
on 7 August | 2026 at 02:07Team evacuated a patient from McMurdo Station after landing plane in total darkness and temperature of -43°C.
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Uefa says boycott may still go ahead as FA...
on 7 August | 2026 at 01:57Fifa's backing of president Gianni Infantino at a meeting on Wednesday "changes nothing", says European governing body Uefa.
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Trump imposes 15% tariff on key chip material to...
on 7 August | 2026 at 01:03The move aims to protect US firms as they face increasing competition from China's chip industry.
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Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling...
on 7 August | 2026 at 00:54A New Mexico judge ordered the Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp parent company to pay another $567m for the way it has harmed children.
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Two people convicted in relation to death of...
on 7 August | 2026 at 00:51Raphaël Graven, 46, died in August 2025, with his death live broadcast on the streaming platform Kick.
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Sudan's invisible children - born in war with no...
on 7 August | 2026 at 00:26Babies born as a result of rape are often unable to get a birth certificate, meaning a life-time of problems.
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Doge overstated claims to have saved Americans...
on 6 August | 2026 at 23:55A review of the body formerly charged with reducing government spending has found several issues with its calculations.
“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.