|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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Saturn has a big, weird decagon around its south pole
on 2 September | 2026A decagon – a geometric polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles – has been found on Saturn, and nobody is quite sure how it got there
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Venus may have had a moon for nearly 2 billion years
on 2 September | 2026A moon may once have been consumed by Venus, after existing alongside the planet for up to 1.7 billion years
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Groundbreaking laser of ghostly particles may be impossible to build
on 2 September | 2026A year ago, researchers made a splash with a wildly creative idea for building a laser from notoriously elusive particles, but a new analysis shows this is probably impossible
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A nuclear reactor is being installed a mile underground in Kansas
on 2 September | 2026Deep Fission has just received safety approval from the US Department of Energy for a reactor design that it plans to install at the bottom of a deep hole
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Can we really reverse global warming after overshooting 1.5°C?
on 2 September | 2026A UN report says it’s possible to get global temperatures back down to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century, but many researchers regard this scenario as highly unlikely
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The first signs of dark matter particles may finally have been spotted
on 1 September | 2026Most of the matter in the universe is dark matter, but for decades physicists haven’t been able to directly observe it – that may have just changed
|General
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EU and Nato vow to step up pressure on Russia...
on 3 September | 2026 at 03:21Russia is accused of growing increasingly reckless after Berlin blamed Russia for a failed drone attack on Leipzig airport.
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Protests in Spain against government's handling...
on 2 September | 2026 at 21:34Spanish opposition parties accuse Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of abandoning the residents of Ceuta.
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South African airline behind daring stadium stunt...
on 2 September | 2026 at 21:21The civil aviation authority says it is also investigating last Saturday's aerial display.
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Uber shuts operations in Nigeria and Uganda with...
on 2 September | 2026 at 20:21Nigeria - Africa's most populous country - is proving a tough market for ride-hailing services.
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Watch: Jury still unable to reach unanimous...
on 2 September | 2026 at 20:12For a second time in two days, jurors told the judge they could not agree on a verdict in the murder trial.
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Maltese tycoon acquitted of orchestrating murder...
on 2 September | 2026 at 19:05Daphne Caruana Galizia exposed corruption and money laundering schemes in Malta before she was killed by a car bomb in 2017.
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Iranian attack on Saudi tanker killed two...
on 2 September | 2026 at 17:33The kingdom condemns the targeting of Sidr, which was reportedly hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
“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.