|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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Women’s better memories may delay Alzheimer’s diagnosis by years
on 21 May | 2026
Women appear cognitively normal for almost three years longer than men after their brains start to develop Alzheimer’s disease, making it harder to diagnose and preventing early treatment
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Women’s body temperature rises from age 18 to 42 but we don’t know why
on 20 May | 2026
Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and overall health
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Putting CO2 into rocks and getting hydrogen out is climate double win
on 20 May | 2026
Storing carbon dioxide in rocks while producing hydrogen from them - and perhaps even geothermal power too - could be a double win on the climate front, and several groups are trying to make it happen
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We may finally know why dinosaurs like T. rex evolved tiny arms
on 20 May | 2026
Five different groups of predatory dinosaurs independently evolved disproportionately small arms, and it seems they did so because their heads became so large and powerful
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Solar farm on the ocean outperforms land-based solar in Taiwan
on 19 May | 2026
A solar farm in a tidal bay has generated more electricity and profits than a nearby coastal solar farm, but challenges could arise as floating solar moves further offshore
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Wind-assisted cargo ships could more than halve shipping emissions
on 19 May | 2026
If wind-assisted cargo ships chose routes based entirely on where the winds are better, their fuel use could be cut in half or even completely eliminated
|General
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Air France and Airbus found guilty of...
on 21 May | 2026 at 15:40
The companies were found guilty by a French court over an air disaster which killed 228 people.
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Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israel as...
on 21 May | 2026 at 15:39
On Thursday, the UK confirmed it had summoned Israel's top diplomat in Britain to express its "condemnation" of the incident.
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What is Ebola and why is stopping the latest...
on 21 May | 2026 at 14:40
An outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo involves a rare strain and is in an area affected by conflict.
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Iran steps up claim to control Strait of Hormuz
on 21 May | 2026 at 14:37
Iran publishes a map claiming "armed forces oversight" across more than 22,000 sq km of the waterway.
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DR Congo cancels World Cup training camp over...
on 21 May | 2026 at 14:26
The outbreak, caused by a rare Ebola species, is thought to have caused 139 deaths so far.
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Dozens of vehicles burnt as Mali jihadists...
on 21 May | 2026 at 13:23
The blockade has led to shortages of fuel and food ahead of next week's Muslim holiday of Eid.
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Trump says he will speak to Taiwan's president in...
on 21 May | 2026 at 13:01
It comes as the US weighs whether to proceed with a $14bn arms sales to Taiwan, which China claims as its own.

“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













