|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
|A New BMW Club to Join
I thought with my mentality having switched from the thunderous roar of V8s to...
|Keep Rising Sir Lewis
I get kids from all different cultures and nationalities coming up to me now,...
|Season’s Greetings (2020)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful (COVID free) New Year...
|Breaking the COVID bread
There were some upsides to the whole lockdown and pandemic. For instance, the...
Apologetic Integration
It is rather a disenchanting moment when the doctrine your parents subscribed...
|Finding Colour in Black
It’s the difference between listening to Shakespeare being read by Brain...
|A New BMW Club to Join
I thought with my mentality having switched from the thunderous roar of V8s to the futuristic hum...
|Keep Rising Sir Lewis
I get kids from all different cultures and nationalities coming up to me now, all wanting to be F1...
|Season’s Greetings (2020)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful (COVID free) New Year Christmas 2020 I think it...
|Breaking the COVID bread
There were some upsides to the whole lockdown and pandemic. For instance, the enclave I live in...
Apologetic Integration
It is rather a disenchanting moment when the doctrine your parents subscribed to and expounded to...
|Finding Colour in Black
It’s the difference between listening to Shakespeare being read by Brain Blessed instead of...
“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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Jaguar makes epic 2100-kilometre journey across the Amazon
on 28 July | 2026A jaguar that has been dubbed Gaspar traversed 2100 kilometres of the Amazon, crossing farms and roads. But why he set off on this mission is unclear
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Matcha is under threat from climate change – can genomics save it?
on 28 July | 2026Climate change is affecting the yields and flavour of the traditional Japanese tea matcha, but studying its seedlings' genetic tolerance for heat could future-proof the crop
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Asteroid strike caused global firestorm that incinerated the dinosaurs
on 28 July | 2026After the Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago, trillions of tonnes of rock vapour was launched into space before falling back to Earth at ballistic speeds, creating a global blast of heat strong enough to broil life on land
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Unprecedented ‘fire clouds’ are fanning the flames in France
on 28 July | 2026Flame-generated thunderstorms known as pyrocumulonimbus clouds can make wildfires even more intense, and they are expected to become more common in Europe
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Mystery hominin left big footprints at ancient lake in Africa
on 27 July | 2026Over 1.4 million years ago, a group of eight ancient hominins walked across a shallow mudflat, but their footprints don’t match those of Paranthropus boisei or Homo erectus
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We’ve found the best example yet of an enormous wandering black hole
on 27 July | 2026Astronomers have caught a supermassive black hole straying far from the centre of its galaxy using light from a star being ripped apart
|General
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'A lover of life' - Seattle pays tribute to food...
on 28 July | 2026 at 23:12Families grieved on Monday as they remembered the three people killed in a shooting at a food festival.
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'A narcissist' - victim's family blasts Kohberger...
on 28 July | 2026 at 21:43The man accused of killing four students in Idaho is taking back his plea, which was made to avoid the death penalty.
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Bystander video shows teen lifeguard's dramatic...
on 28 July | 2026 at 21:09The 16-year-old lifeguard rescued a 10-year-old who had been swept offshore at a California beach.
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Ghana mourns its tallest man - a 'generous and...
on 28 July | 2026 at 18:19Sulemana Abdul Samed, who was diagnosed with gigantism several years ago, has died at the age of 33.
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Japan earthquake: What we know so far
on 28 July | 2026 at 17:15Japan is reeling from a major earthquake that hit Kyushu island. Here is what we know so far.
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'It's a hell of a situation': Spain grapples with...
on 28 July | 2026 at 16:49Three fires in the Madrid region have caused particular concern, with a new heatwave expected to hit Spain from Wednesday.
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Mysterious deaths of 14 elephants in Kenya...
on 28 July | 2026 at 16:37It is the highest number of elephant deaths to be recorded in this area of southern Kenya in decades.
“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.