|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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Personalised cancer vaccine expected to be approved next year
on 23 October | 2026A bespoke vaccine that is tailored to target an individual's unique skin cancer reduced rates of recurrence or death in a late-stage trial, making an approval expected
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Brazil presidential election dogged by alleged bias by Meta AI tools
on 23 October | 2026Supporters of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have accused Meta of interfering in Brazil’s election by making it easier to generate campaign content promoting his rival, Flávio Bolsonaro
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Body temperature may drive the higher risk of autoimmune conditions in women
on 23 October | 2026Autoimmune conditions are much more common in women than men, which could partly be due to the fluctuating body temperatures that occur during the menstrual cycle and menopause
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Tiny ‘solar flares’ recreated in the lab may explain corona mystery
on 22 October | 2026An experiment has produced nanoflares similar to those seen on the sun, and shown that they can help explain why the outer layers of the solar atmosphere are so hot
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Earth entered its ‘bad decades’ after dinosaur-ending asteroid strike
on 22 October | 2026We now have a clearer picture of what happened in the decades following the asteroid impact that led to the extinction of almost all dinosaurs
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All tropical coral reefs could collapse within 50 years
on 22 October | 2026Shallow-water coral reefs are at high risk of disappearing by 2075, the IUCN has warned at a UN biodiversity conference. The loss would decimate fisheries and speed up coastal erosion
|General
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado...
on 25 October | 2026 at 16:21Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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Early reports suggest record high turnout in...
on 25 October | 2026 at 16:05Serbia is heading to the polls as a student movement attempts to oust longtime populist leader Aleksandar Vučić.
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Suspect in deadly Paris suburb shooting sent for...
on 25 October | 2026 at 15:32He will be observed to evaluate whether his "psychiatric health is compatible with pursuing his interrogation", authorities said.
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Gabon says access to social media restored after...
on 25 October | 2026 at 14:39The authorities had justified the ban by saying online content was fuelling conflict, while the opposition had condemned it as an abuse of power.
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El Salvador president says bodies found in Haiti...
on 25 October | 2026 at 10:55Nayib Bukele says bodies delivered to soldiers are "not our men" amid search for Salvadorans abducted last week.
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More than 1,300 arrested as clashes follow...
on 25 October | 2026 at 10:38Hundreds of thousands took part in demonstrations in France, with protests also taking place in other European countries.
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Musk says SpaceX restricted Ukraine's Starlink...
on 25 October | 2026 at 09:00The tech billionaire accuses Ukraine of violating its terms of service by using the network for military activity.
“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.