|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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It’s about to get a lot harder to keep countries honest about climate change
on 19 October | 2026A row over when to publish crucial climate change assessments risks letting countries off the hook on emissions cuts
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Bottlenose whales may look after each other when they’re sick
on 19 October | 2026Northern bottlenose whales are more likely to stick together when individuals are poorly or emaciated
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Discovery of T. rex’s cousin upends our understanding of tyrannosaur evolution
on 19 October | 2026A dinosaur that is new to science has features of both subfamilies of the tyrannosaur group, complicating our understanding of how they evolved
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Error-correction record pushes quantum computers closer to usefulness
on 19 October | 2026Useful quantum computers will have to use many “logical qubits” as their computational building blocks, and researchers just broke the record for how reliable they can be
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El Niño is dramatically increasing sea levels – how bad could it get?
on 19 October | 2026El Niño has already raised sea levels in part of the eastern Pacific by 40 centimetres and as it continues to strengthen, there could be coastal flooding from Alaska to Chile
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Archaeologists are uncovering the meaning of a unique rock art site
on 19 October | 2026Excavations in the Côa valley in Portugal, the world’s largest site of Palaeolithic open-air rock art, are yielding clues about how engravings of animals were seen by prehistoric hunter-gatherers
|General
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Ukrainians dying because US restricting...
on 19 October | 2026 at 20:49Serhii Beskrestnov says there has not been enough time to warn people about incoming missile attacks. The White House said there had been no changes to intelligence sharing.
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Deadly fire at Canada military base moved a...
on 19 October | 2026 at 18:22The blaze that killed four men and injured dozens of others spread with alarming speed, accounts suggest.
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Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve...
on 19 October | 2026 at 17:18Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie was found guilty of 191 murder charges - all but one of them children.
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Warning signs over threats to Australian...
on 19 October | 2026 at 16:32The apparent attack on MP Helen Haines suggests the worst fears of politicians and public figures appear to have been realised.
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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had...
on 19 October | 2026 at 16:22The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.
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Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 50...
on 19 October | 2026 at 16:20Three missiles hit a camp in government-controlled Shabwa province that officials say was being used as a training centre for new recruits.
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Obama blasts federal probe of congresswoman Ilhan...
on 19 October | 2026 at 16:16Obama says federal agents' search of the Democrat's home was an effort to intimidate a Trump critic.
“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
|THE CIRCUS
Where the spectacle grows, but the soul stays pure. Driven by driving talent, engineering brilliance, and the pursuit of the limit.
Ayrton Senna embodied the purity of racing; fearless, intuitive, and utterly committed to the craft. His legacy isn’t just in his victories, but in the emotional depth he brought to the sport.
Professor Sid Watkins, Formula One’s pioneering medical voice, stood as Senna’s guardian and friend. Their relationship shaped modern motorsport safety, and Watkins’ work ensured that Senna’s impact extended far beyond the cockpit.