|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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Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead
on 10 June | 2026
Scrape marks inside a skull and sharpened limb bones in a set of remains found in Scotland may be evidence of unusual Iron Age funerary rituals
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Frozen squirrel scat preserves ancient DNA from hundreds of species
on 9 June | 2026
A complex ecosystem of woolly mammoths, bison, horses and big cats has been elucidated by studying the faeces of small rodents that probably ate the bigger animals
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Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site stayed hot for millions of years
on 9 June | 2026
Drill cores at the impact site of the Chicxulub asteroid show evidence that, alongside widespread destruction, the collision created a vast underground ecosystem filled with hot water that sheltered microbial life
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Wildlife thrives in solar farm built on restored peatland
on 8 June | 2026
A diverse range of bird species has been recorded at a solar park on rewetted peatland in Germany, suggesting that combining energy generation with habitat restoration could benefit biodiversity, the climate and the economy
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Can Apple and Google stop children from sharing explicit images?
on 8 June | 2026
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned tech firms, including Apple and Google, that they must voluntarily implement tools to stop children sharing explicit images, but experts warn this is easier said than done
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Half the world's reservoirs could be clogged up with dirt by 2060
on 8 June | 2026
Each decade the world is losing over 7 per cent of its freshwater storage capacity to sediment build-up, according to an analysis of over half a million reservoirs
|General
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US strikes Iran in response to downing of...
on 10 June | 2026 at 07:33
President Donald Trump earlier accused Iran of shooting down the US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond.
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Twelve killed in mass shooting in Johannesburg,...
on 10 June | 2026 at 06:33
Another nine people were injured at an informal settlement in Cleveland late on Tuesday.
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Model who alleges Kanye West choked her tells BBC...
on 10 June | 2026 at 05:02
West claims the encounter on a music video set was part of a "provocative theatrical performance".
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Alleged Bondi Beach gunman charged with another...
on 10 June | 2026 at 03:43
Naveed Akram, 24, is already facing 59 charges over an attack on a Jewish festival in December.
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World's largest chipmaker does not rule out price...
on 9 June | 2026 at 22:00
In a rare interview, a senior executive at TSMC discusses the AI boom, the geopolitics of chips and what it means for the price of electronics.
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Inside Myanmar, rebels are losing ground as...
on 9 June | 2026 at 21:13
The BBC travels with rebels to frontline positions in Myanmar to see how the war is unfolding.
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Watch: BBC goes into jungle with Myanmar's civil...
on 9 June | 2026 at 21:04
The BBC’s Quentin Sommerville travels to Myanmar - without the permission of the authorities - to meet a group of rebel fighters.

“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













