|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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Wealthy people with environmental ideals are the biggest emitters
on 27 May | 2026Among people of high socioeconomic status, love for nature corresponds with a bigger environmental footprint – and there's an obvious reason why
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NASA plans a base on the moon spanning hundreds of square kilometres
on 27 May | 2026Three missions slated to launch this year will begin to search the lunar surface for a suitable base location
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First quantum grandfather clock could probe where gravity comes from
on 27 May | 2026Researchers have designed a quantum version of a pendulum clock. It could shed light on timekeeping in the quantum realm
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We may finally know why gold stays so shiny
on 27 May | 2026Gold is chemically inert and so doesn't tarnish, but exactly why had been a mystery
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Space storms could switch train signals and cause serious accidents
on 26 May | 2026Critical safety equipment in many train systems is vulnerable to disruption by space weather, which could lead to fatal accidents
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Earliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese doctor’s tomb
on 26 May | 2026Residues on medical equipment reveal that physicians in China over 600 years ago used aconitine, a highly toxic plant chemical, to alleviate pain during surgical procedures
|General
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First Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa over...
on 27 May | 2026 at 16:14It follows recent protests that have led to fears there could be a resurgence in xenophobic violence.
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Almost 500,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine...
on 27 May | 2026 at 15:59GCHQ's director Anne Keast-Butler set out the threats facing the UK in her inaugural public speech.
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Israel orders evacuation of Lebanese city as...
on 27 May | 2026 at 15:16Israel's military tells residents of Tyre it will "act forcefully" against the armed group, after another wave of strikes in south and east Lebanon.
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Why temperature records are being not only broken...
on 27 May | 2026 at 14:08The combined effects of a heat dome and climate change have brought extreme warmth to western Europe.
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Ghana welcomes Pope's apology over Catholic...
on 27 May | 2026 at 13:17The West African nation was one of the main gateways for the transatlantic slave trade.
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Israeli strike in Gaza City kills new head of...
on 27 May | 2026 at 13:15Hamas says Mohammed Odeh was killed alongside his wife and two children in a strike on a residential building.
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Woman caught after 30 years on the run is jailed...
on 27 May | 2026 at 12:42Klette was finally caught in a flat in Berlin in 2024 and put on trial last year.
“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]
