|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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Geoengineering could expose plane passengers to sulphuric acid
on 2 July | 2026A proposed technique to counter global warming by spraying sun-reflecting particles near the poles would cause commercial flights to pass through clouds of sulphuric acid, posing a danger to passengers and crew
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What is 'SpudCell'? Arguably the greatest bioengineering feat yet
on 1 July | 2026A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really a living organism – yet
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The weirdness of neutrinos could completely rewrite particle physics
on 1 July | 2026A philosopher has put forward an argument for rethinking how particles are defined within the standard model of particle physics
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A type of fibre that stimulates GLP-1 release approved for use in food
on 1 July | 2026A form of fibre that boosts the release of the hunger-reducing hormone GLP-1 has been approved as safe by a European regulator, and could be added to foods within a year
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Slowdown of AMOC ocean current may be gradual and reversible
on 1 July | 2026Scientists worry that a surge of meltwater from Greenland could irreversibly collapse the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but new modelling suggests the weakening of the current could be reversed if CO2 levels come back down
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The world's fastest spider tops 3.5 metres per second
on 30 June | 2026The most comprehensive database ever compiled of how fast arachnids can run has shown how leg anatomy and evolutionary history influence spiders’ running speed
|General
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'Most massive' Russian attack on Kyiv kills at...
on 2 July | 2026 at 16:15The latest barrage deployed the largest number of weapons on the capital and hit locations over a wide area.
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Venezuela quake survivor pulled out alive after...
on 2 July | 2026 at 16:11Hernán Gil was trapped under a collapsed multi-storey car park, and encouraged them as they inched closer to him.
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Vatican excommunicates hundreds of thousands of...
on 2 July | 2026 at 15:44Around 600,000 followers of the Society of Saint Pius X, a Catholic sect, are affected.
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Ryanair warns of 'queue chaos' from new EU border...
on 2 July | 2026 at 15:34The airline calls on European governments to postpone the EES system until after the summer holiday period.
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Residents of Ethiopian town forced to kill...
on 2 July | 2026 at 15:13Some residents reluctantly hung their dogs to avoid being arrested or fined, locals tell the BBC.
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The US deported them to Venezuela - hours later...
on 2 July | 2026 at 14:43They landed on Flight 164 just before the twin quakes. Family members are desperately searching for them.
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Cheers and applause as security guard rescued...
on 2 July | 2026 at 14:09Emergency workers managed to free Hernán Gil more than 100 hours after they had first located him under 140 tonnes of rubble.
“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]
