|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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Two large asteroids found spinning as fast as a fairground ride
on 9 October | 2026Rocks in the asteroid belt rotating at ultra-fast speeds suggest our understanding of asteroid structure might be wrong
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Does each new covid-19 variant pose a significant threat?
on 9 October | 2026Most covid-19 cases are caused by a particular type of variant, but do we need to worry every time a new one emerges?
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Tattoos could be turned on and off with light
on 9 October | 2026A new type of ink could overcome one of the main downsides of tattoos: the inability to make them invisible
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Nearly 1 in 10 young adults could have fatty, narrow arteries
on 9 October | 2026Atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty plaque in arteries, usually affects people older than 50, but a "meaningful" proportion of younger adults also have the condition
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Rising water is creating inland ghost forests in the US
on 9 October | 2026Forests full of dead trees aren’t just found by the US coasts – they are also appearing far from the sea around freshwater lakes
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Number of known species of giant waterlilies almost doubles
on 8 October | 2026A new species of giant waterlily identified with the help of social media and satellite photos is just one of three discovered in the past few years
|General
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'Time for Ukraine to get new president,' says...
on 10 October | 2026 at 19:28Ukraine's leader had said the deal with Russia to release diesel into the US would help Moscow fund the war.
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Watch: 'Time for Ukraine to get a new president',...
on 10 October | 2026 at 19:25The US president's said President Volodymyr Zelensky "wants to make problems for the world".
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Four dead and thousands without power after...
on 10 October | 2026 at 19:08Roofs were ripped off buildings after Isaias barrelled into the US on Friday evening, before it weakened to a post-tropical cyclone.
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Several injured in attack on airport in Saudi...
on 10 October | 2026 at 18:37The US embassy says it is "aware of attacks on King Khalid International Airport", which come days after Yemen's Houthis said they had struck it.
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Expedition hopes to find aviator Amelia Earhart's...
on 10 October | 2026 at 18:22The team en route to the suspected crash site aim finally to solve the mystery of her 1937 disappearance.
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US murderer Christa Pike discharged from hospital...
on 10 October | 2026 at 17:44Pike's lawyers say she is "grateful" to the medical team who cared for her after she survived two lethal injections last month.
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Nobel peace laureate says US sanctions on ICC...
on 10 October | 2026 at 15:23Navi Pillay says the Trump administrations' sweeping penalties on the international tribunal were "unheard of".
“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.