|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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South Africa says more than 53,000 foreigners...
on 12 July | 2026 at 18:57South Africa is cracking down on undocumented migrants following widespread anti-immigration protests.
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US senator and close Trump ally Lindsey Graham...
on 12 July | 2026 at 17:40Donald Trump pays tribute to the 71-year-old South Carolina senator, calling him a "true American patriot" who will be "greatly missed".
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US insists Strait of Hormuz is open as it...
on 12 July | 2026 at 16:46Iranian forces earlier said the Strait was closed and launched wide-ranging attacks at US allies and bases in the region.
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Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al...
on 12 July | 2026 at 16:35He took power in 1996 after staging a bloodless coup against his father, and went on to transform Qatar into the gas-rich power it is today.
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'This landscape is completely charred': Inside...
on 12 July | 2026 at 15:33The BBC's Nick Beake sees homes razed to the ground and "a sea of black" in Bédar.
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David Willey, esteemed BBC Vatican correspondent,...
on 12 July | 2026 at 15:22One of the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondents, he reported on five popes during his career.
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Badly burned British couple rescued from ravine...
on 12 July | 2026 at 13:35The unnamed pair were found semi-conscious with 40% burns after being trapped by the blazes raging through Almeria province, local media reports.
“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]
