|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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Are we getting to the point where it's safe to gene-edit babies?
on 5 June | 2026
A team in the US has reported promising results after using an improved form of CRISPR to gene-edit human embryos, but a major issue remains unsolved
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Cuts to US ocean programme will hinder monitoring of El Niño and AMOC
on 5 June | 2026
Scientists warn that the Trump administration's push to dismantle a vital network of ocean-sensing instruments will stymie crucial weather and climate monitoring in the Pacific and Atlantic
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Flood of AI 'garbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit
on 5 June | 2026
The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit
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A chromosome from a frozen rat has been resurrected inside mice
on 5 June | 2026
Mice that contain cells with an added rat chromosome have been created by scientists. The next step is to try this with frozen elephant tissue – and if that works, the team will try it with frozen mammoths
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Becoming a parent may make you love your partner less
on 4 June | 2026
Parents report loving their partners less within the first year of having a child, but that doesn't mean the feeling is permanent or inevitable
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Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening
on 4 June | 2026
A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water "conveyor belt" in the Atlantic is slowing down
|General
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One dead, five injured after shooting in Israel
on 7 June | 2026 at 15:40
The suspect opened fire from a car in several locations before being shot dead.
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Hundreds of captives freed from Boko Haram...
on 7 June | 2026 at 14:00
The group includes many women and children who were abducted in March from an area close to Cameroon.
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Iran's World Cup team lands in Mexico amid US...
on 7 June | 2026 at 13:24
All of Iran's group games are in the US, but players and support staff will have to fly in and out of the country on match day.
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Zelensky criticises 'vile' Chornobyl drone strike...
on 7 June | 2026 at 12:09
Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone hit a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near the Chornobyl nuclear plant.
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Hegseth attacks Europe over migration with beach...
on 7 June | 2026 at 10:35
The US defence secretary was speaking in Normandy, 82 years after allied forces launched their operation to liberate Nazi-occupied north-western Europe.
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Huge crowds throng Madrid streets for Pope's...
on 7 June | 2026 at 10:27
The pontiff waved at those gathered from his popemobile as he arrived at the Plaza de Cibeles.
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Steve Rosenberg: Russia's economic forum...
on 7 June | 2026 at 07:11
The BBC's Russia editor saw Putin's flagship economic event overshadowed by Ukrainian drones attacks.

“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













