|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
Slow Horses: Slow-Burn Rebuttal
★★★★☆ [See-Saw Films Apple TV+] Slow Horses arrives like a corrective: a spy...
When Representation Masks Prejudice
Is it reasonable to expect marketing campaigns to reflect the demographics of...
Becoming a Retail Impresario
For years my wife encouraged me to commercialise my art and designs, starting...
Thinking with Machines
I feel genuinely privileged to be alive in this era. The technological leaps...
The Polite Exclusion of Home
I grew up in Birmingham during my formative years. Not inner‑city Birmingham,...
From Stutter to Boom
James Earl Jones Dies at 93 January 17th 1931 - September 9th 2024 James Earl...
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 they...
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 of...
From Stutter to Boom
James Earl Jones Dies at 93 January 17th 1931 - September 9th 2024 James Earl Jones, the legendary...
“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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UN space database aimed at easing global tensions is mysteriously down
on 10 July | 2026A list of global space launches designed to calm cold war tensions and promote transparency has been missing from the UN's website for months
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Global warming already causing crop losses of over $20 billion a year
on 10 July | 2026Climate change is already having a big impact on crop yields, and the subsequent financial losses will continue to rise as the world keeps warming
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Mathematicians put AI to work on Fermat's last theorem
on 10 July | 2026At an event in London, mathematicians have made unexpectedly fast progress on formalising Fermat's last theorem using AI
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2026 eclipse: 5 citizen science projects you can contribute to
on 10 July | 2026During the August 2026 solar eclipse, scientists will be rushing to gather data on the sun, but even if you aren't a professional scientist, you can still help the research
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Special relativity can warp chemical bonds – now we've seen it happen
on 9 July | 2026An experiment with a charged molecule of bismuth and carbon reveals how effects from Albert Einstein’s special relativity reshape the standard understanding of chemical bonds
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Resuscitated human retinas respond to light 10 hours after death
on 9 July | 2026Perfusing donor human retinas with blood and oxygen meant they continued to respond to light for up to 10 hours after death, marking a significant step towards eye transplants that restore vision
|General
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Nolan Wells' family demands answers about US...
on 10 July | 2026 at 15:35Wells' body was found in the water near Mississippi's Horn Island days after he went on a boating trip there with friends.
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US declassifies even more UFO videos
on 10 July | 2026 at 15:28The US government published a fourth instalment of unresolved cases, promising to release more files on a rolling basis.
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East Asia braces for destructive typhoon as...
on 10 July | 2026 at 13:53Heading for Taiwan and south-eastern China, the 1,000 km-wide Bavi is forecast to be one of the strongest storms in decades.
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Man fatally shot by ICE in Houston was not...
on 10 July | 2026 at 12:51Immigration agents were looking for a different person when they shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a traffic stop, officials say.
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Chip giant SK Hynix raises $26.5bn in mega US...
on 10 July | 2026 at 12:38The shares are set to start trading on the Nasdaq on Friday in what will be the largest ever debut by a foreign firm.
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Man nearly sucked out of window mid-air on...
on 10 July | 2026 at 12:31Ryanair confirm a passenger was given medical treatment after an incident on a Malta Air flight, which is owned by Ryanair.
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We've saved £6,000 on holidays by swapping homes...
on 10 July | 2026 at 08:26The BBC looks at the growing trend of people swapping homes to cut holiday costs.
“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]
