|RECOMMENDED RAMBLINGS
|Carrying the Fire
“I know that I would be a liar or a fool if I said that I have the best of the three Apollo 11 seats, but I can say with truth and equanimity that I am perfectly satisfied with the one I have" Michael Collins Whilst everyone remembers Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin,...
|Extinct Artist
"I have always painted things I am obsessed with and always gone with my heart regardless of convention." Dave White came to prominence as the pioneer of the 'Sneaker Art' movement, reinterpreting popular trainers as oil portraits. He has is own signature Air Jordan...
|Perseverance Pays
“If we see a hedgehog staring in the camera, we would know there’s current and certainly ancient life on Mars, but based on our past experiences, such an event is extremely unlikely. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the discovery that life...
| A New BMW Club to Join
I thought with my mentality having switched from the thunderous roar of V8s to the futuristic hum of electrics, the M5 itch was scratched. I was wrong. I can't remember when it happened or even how but without doubt the BMW M5 is in my psyche. It crept in there. It...
|Keep Rising Sir Lewis
I get kids from all different cultures and nationalities coming up to me now, all wanting to be F1 drivers. They feel the sport is open to everyone. I have had a passion for motorsport from a young age, in particular formula one (F1). I don't know where it came from....
|Season’s Greetings (2020)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful (COVID free) New Year Christmas 2020 I think it goes without saying that we are all glad that this year is finishing and there is some light towards the end of the tunnel. Especially, when we as a family have beaten...
|Breaking the COVID bread
There were some upsides to the whole lockdown and pandemic. For instance, the enclave I live in was triggered to start a WhatsApp group. Something we should have done years ago but it took the 'house arrest' we were under to initiate it. This simple act has...
|Apologetic Integration
It is rather a disenchanting moment when the doctrine your parents subscribed to and expounded to you was not the armour you thought it was.It is a lie when people say 'children do not see colour' in reference to a person's skin tone. They do. It is just that they...
|Finding Colour in Black
It’s the difference between listening to Shakespeare being read by Brain Blessed instead of Patrick Stewart. Both would be enjoyable but one would be better nuanced. My younger brother had a great knack of extracting Sony Walkmans from my father. They were meant to be...
|Season’s Greetings (2019)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful New Year Christmas 2019 This year's Christmas card was made up of photographs taken at Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland and Adobe Stock. The visit to the park was for Kitty's Birthday but sadly she couldn't attend due to a...
|Memo to David and the Cabinet
Can we address the issues now facing us? Can you put your own self-promotion aside?Dear elected politicians of any sort, please can we address the issues now facing us? Can you put your own self-promotion aside? For those of you who are career politicians and have no...
|End of the Big Dream?
It's unlikely we will ever see a commercial avaiation success story like the Boeing 747 It was conceived on a fishing trip between the CEOs of PAN AM and Boeing. When finally created in 1969 it was the biggest airliner in the world, first wide bodied and 'two tier'...
|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
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Night-shift workers who eat only in the day may cut diabetes risk
on 3 December | 2021
People who work overnight are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, but the risk may be reduced by eating only between 7am and 7pm
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World's most common bee originated 7 million years ago in Asia
on 3 December | 2021
A genetic analysis suggests the world’s most common species of honeybee, the western honeybee, first appeared in western Asia about 7 million years ago and then spread into Africa and Europe
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Multigenerational households a factor in covid-19 ethnic disparities
on 3 December | 2021
People in the UK of Bangladeshi or Pakistani heritage are more likely to live in households that include schoolchildren and people aged 70 or older - a factor that may explain why people from these backgrounds were more likely to die from covid-19 during the country's second wave
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Fake covid-19 vaccine certificates are being sold on the dark web
on 3 December | 2021
Researchers found 17 illicit marketplaces claiming to sell vaccine passports, and some appear to be valid entries in national databases
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Covid-19 news: Range of vaccines show promise as booster shots
on 3 December | 2021
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic
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Ancient Egyptian elites used a thick beer porridge in their ceremonies
on 3 December | 2021
Centuries before the pharaohs emerged in Egypt, the local elites used a thick porridge-like beer in their ceremonies
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
|General
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Military truck rams into group of Myanmar...
on 5 December | 2021 at 19:08
Several people have been injured during a demonstration against the country's military rulers.
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Veteran Republican leader Bob Dole dies
on 5 December | 2021 at 17:18
Long-serving senator, who recovered from terrible injuries to run for president, dies at 98
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Pope condemns treatment of migrants in Europe
on 5 December | 2021 at 17:14
Visiting a camp in Greece, Francis calls the neglect of migrants the "shipwreck of civilisation".
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Indonesia volcano: Volcano rescuers face ash as...
on 5 December | 2021 at 16:04
At least 14 people are dead and dozens injured after Mt Semeru erupted on Indonesia's Java island.
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India Nagaland: Security forces kill 13 civilians...
on 5 December | 2021 at 14:27
Home Minister Amit Shah expresses "anguish" after troops fire on miners in the country's north-east.
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Afghanistan: Taliban warned against targeting...
on 5 December | 2021 at 12:08
US and allies "deeply concerned" about human rights abuses against former Afghan security forces.
