|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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Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected water in a single day
on 22 May | 2026Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now we may understand the events that formed them over just one Mercurian day
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Experimental mRNA vaccine may protect against multiple Ebola viruses
on 22 May | 2026Tests with rodents suggest an mRNA vaccine in development offers protection against three strains of Ebola virus, including the one behind the current crisis
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Political anger affects the body differently to other forms of anger
on 22 May | 2026We all feel emotions like anger and disgust from time to time, but they seem to cause stronger bodily sensations when they're politically induced
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Australia is battling its largest diphtheria outbreak in living memory
on 22 May | 2026Vaccine misinformation, nurse and doctor shortages and crowded living arrangements may be behind soaring rates of diphtheria in remote Indigenous communities in Australia
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Mathematicians stunned by AI's biggest breakthrough in mathematics yet
on 21 May | 2026Artificial intelligence built by OpenAI has cracked a decades-old conjecture by Paul Erdős, which mathematicians have hailed as a monumental moment for AI in mathematics
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Epic dreaming is leaving people exhausted and distressed
on 21 May | 2026Some people experience vivid, incessant dreams that leave them feeling exhausted the next day, with researchers calling for this "epic dreaming" to be classed as a sleep disorder
|General
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Large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine leaves four...
on 24 May | 2026 at 16:50The Oreshnik missile, which reportedly travels over 10 times the speed of sound, was used, Russia has confirmed.
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Turkish riot police storm opposition offices...
on 24 May | 2026 at 16:30Officers forced their way into the building days after the party vowed to defy a court ruling removing its leaders.
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Man killed in shark attack off Australia's...
on 24 May | 2026 at 15:29The 39-year-old was fatally injured at a shoal off the Cassowary Coast in Queensland, apparently while spearfishing.
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Suspect killed after opening fire on Secret...
on 24 May | 2026 at 15:24Officials say a suspect approached a checkpoint near the building and opened fire, and that a bystander was wounded.
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One killed and many feared trapped under...
on 24 May | 2026 at 14:25A Malaysian man has died and about 20 people are feared trapped at the site near Manila, officials say.
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Nascar champion Kyle Busch died of pneumonia and...
on 24 May | 2026 at 14:10The driver died aged 41 on Thursday after "overwhelming complications" from the illnesses.
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Blast targeting train kills at least 20 in...
on 24 May | 2026 at 12:26Officials say the train had been transporting military personnel home for Eid when it was attacked by armed separatists.
“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]
