|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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RNA strand that can almost self-replicate may be key to life's origins
on 12 February | 2026Life may have begun when RNA molecules began to replicate themselves, and now we’ve finally found an RNA molecule that is very close to being able to do this
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Weird inside-out planet system may have formed one world at a time
on 12 February | 2026The planets around a nearby star seem to be in the wrong order, hinting that they formed through a different mechanism than the familiar one by which most systems grow
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Endurance brain cells may determine how long you can run for
on 12 February | 2026The activity of certain neurons may influence our endurance for exercise, and these could be targeted to help us run faster for longer
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Gene editing that spreads within the body could cure more diseases
on 12 February | 2026The idea of self-amplifying gene editing is to get cells to pass on packages of CRISPR machinery to their neighbours, boosting the effect
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Royal Navy returns to wind power with trial of robotic sailboats
on 12 February | 2026A fleet of wind-propelled robot boats could act as a sensor network covering a wide area and relay acoustic signals to a submarine
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Nepal and Northern India are not overdue for a huge earthquake
on 11 February | 2026Many researchers thought that earthquakes in the Himalayas recur at regular intervals – but an analysis of sediment cores has shown they are largely random, and the region has seen far more than we previously realised
|General
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IOC criticised for selling Nazi-era Olympics...
on 12 February | 2026 at 20:37The International Olympic Committee defends the T-shirt as being part of its Heritage Collection, celebrating styles from all editions of the Games.
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Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse...
on 12 February | 2026 at 20:35The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.
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Judge blocks US military from demoting Mark Kelly...
on 12 February | 2026 at 20:31After the retired Navy captain told servicemembers they don't have to obey illegal orders, Defence Secretary Hegseth moved to cut his rank.
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Minnesota immigration enforcement surge is...
on 12 February | 2026 at 19:47Two US citizens were killed in Minneapolis during the crackdown dubbed "Operation Metro Surge".
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'My son is dead': Swiss bar owners confronted by...
on 12 February | 2026 at 18:40Jessica and Jacques Moretti are under criminal investigation for involuntary manslaughter, as well as bodily harm and arson through negligence.
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Canada mass shooting suspect had police visits...
on 12 February | 2026 at 18:34Police say the suspect's firearms licence expired two years ago, and exactly who owned the guns used in the attack is unclear.
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Kenya's border with Somalia set to re-open after...
on 12 February | 2026 at 18:34Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has staged several attacks in Kenya, prompting the border to be closed.
“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]
