|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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More dog breeds found to have high risk of breathing condition
on 18 February | 2026
An assessment of nearly 900 dogs has identified 12 breeds prone to brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome, which can affect dogs' ability to sleep and exercise
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Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds
on 18 February | 2026
Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments
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Why some people cannot move on from the death of a loved one
on 18 February | 2026
Prolonged grief disorder affects around 1 in 20 people, and we're starting to understand the neuroscience behind it
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Data centres could store information in glass for thousands of years
on 18 February | 2026
Microsoft researchers have developed a technology that writes data into glass with lasers, raising the prospect of robotic libraries full of glass tablets packed with data
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How baby microbiomes in the West differ from those everywhere else
on 18 February | 2026
Babies in the West commonly lack a gut microbe that is found in infants in other parts of the world, which may be due to differences in their mothers' diets
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Ultramarathons could be bad for your blood
on 18 February | 2026
Running 170 kilometres over mountainous terrain caused people's red blood cells to accumulate more age-related damage than those of less ambitious athletes
|General
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Do not give away Diego Garcia, Trump tells UK
on 18 February | 2026 at 20:07
The US president says "it will be a blight on our great ally" if the Chagos Islands are handed over to Mauritius.
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'Difficult' Russia-Ukraine peace talks end...
on 18 February | 2026 at 19:37
The second day of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia ended after just two hours.
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Zuckerberg defends Meta in landmark social media...
on 18 February | 2026 at 19:27
The billionaire chief executive faces is questioned over whether use of Instagram harms children.
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Iran security official appears to fire on crowd...
on 18 February | 2026 at 18:14
It happened as people gathered to commemorate those killed during the government’s brutal crackdown on protesters
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You're never too old, says dancer, 71, cast in...
on 18 February | 2026 at 18:03
Denise Sides was selected from hundreds of applicants to take part in the Opalite video.
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Suspected carbon-monoxide leak kills at least 30...
on 18 February | 2026 at 17:29
The workers are believed to have collapsed after the gas built up in poorly ventilated tunnels.
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Wave of arrests over killing of French...
on 18 February | 2026 at 17:26
Eleven people are in detention in connection with the killing of far-right student activist Quentin Deranque.

“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













