|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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Horror video game gets its creepiness from a quantum computer
on 29 May | 2026
Quantum Backrooms is a horror game in which the player explores eerie rooms. The twist is that the rooms have been generated by a quantum computer
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We're becoming more individualistic and it's affecting our love lives
on 29 May | 2026
We're increasingly prioritising our own needs over those of the wider community, which may be causing us to love our partners less intensely
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Mirror life: Scientists clash over threat of lab-engineered bacteria
on 29 May | 2026
Bacteria created using mirror images of natural biomolecules would pose a grave threat to life on Earth, some researchers warn, but a new study suggests they would struggle to survive in the wild
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Pancreatic cancer halted by virus injection in three patients
on 29 May | 2026
A cancer-killing virus has stopped pancreatic tumours from growing and spreading in three people in an initial safety trial, raising hopes that it may help to beat the deadly condition
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Mathematical AI helps researchers crack 50-year-old problem
on 28 May | 2026
After an AI from OpenAI found a trick to solve an 80-year-old conjecture from Paul Erdős, mathematicians have borrowed the same technique to solve another important problem
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Start-ups are racing to revolutionise mathematics with AI
on 28 May | 2026
AI start-ups with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding are hiring mathematicians and building AI systems that they hope will not only solve mathematics, but also build more intelligent AI
|General
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Former US attorney general Pam Bondi testifies in...
on 29 May | 2026 at 13:17
The testimony comes about a month after America's top prosecutor was ousted by US President Donald Trump.
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What does Blue Origin rocket mishap mean for...
on 29 May | 2026 at 12:48
Science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains why the explosion is a setback for space exploration.
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Eight students arrested in Kenya after suspected...
on 29 May | 2026 at 11:22
Sixteen pupils died in the fire that ripped through a dormitory while they were asleep.
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Exploding rocket casts doubts over Nasa's Moon...
on 29 May | 2026 at 10:38
Explosion of Blue Origin rocket is a setback for the company and for Nasa's Moon plans.
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US and Iran 'very close' to deal but 'not there...
on 29 May | 2026 at 09:17
US officials earlier told the BBC that the framework of a ceasefire extension deal had been agreed, pending the approval of Trump and Iran's leadership.
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Mother-in-law of Indian bride whose death set off...
on 29 May | 2026 at 06:47
Twisha Sharma's death on 12 May has sparked rival claims of murder and suicide and dominated headlines.
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Watch: Moment 14-year-old wins US national...
on 29 May | 2026 at 06:38
A teenager from California has won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee, after days of fierce competition.

“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













