|DCHDIGITAL
"I can't go back to yesterday, I was a different person then"
|DCHDIGITAL
“I can’t go back to yesterday, I was a different person then.”
|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
|RECENT SKETCHES & ESSAYS
|Season’s Greetings (2019)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful New Year Christmas 2019 This...
|Memo to David and the Cabinet
Can we address the issues now facing us? Can you put your own self-promotion...
|End of the Big Dream?
It's unlikely we will ever see a commercial avaiation success story like the...
|50 Facts About Shakespeare
The No Sweat Shakespeare website is a labor of love from London-based father...
|A new kind of Justice?
There is another scene of imprisoned foreign sex workers who are made to look...
|Extraloveable
He never sold out to the corporate part of the music industryPrince Rogers...
|Season’s Greetings (2019)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful New Year Christmas 2019 This year's Christmas...
|Memo to David and the Cabinet
Can we address the issues now facing us? Can you put your own self-promotion aside?Dear elected...
|End of the Big Dream?
It's unlikely we will ever see a commercial avaiation success story like the Boeing 747 It was...
|50 Facts About Shakespeare
The No Sweat Shakespeare website is a labor of love from London-based father and son Shakespeare...
|A new kind of Justice?
There is another scene of imprisoned foreign sex workers who are made to look dumb and gullible,...
|Extraloveable
He never sold out to the corporate part of the music industryPrince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 –...
“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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Noise pollution is reshaping the health and behaviour of animals everywhere
on 13 November | 2026There is almost nowhere on Earth free from disruptive human noise – but it's one of the easiest environmental problems to solve
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Did El Niño cause an early breakdown in the polar vortex?
on 13 November | 2026The polar vortex winds have undergone an unprecedented weakening, which could bring cold weather to Europe. Some scientists suspect the record El Niño is to blame
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Researchers build the first ever quantum clock that uses sunlight
on 13 November | 2026Quantum clocks usually rely on advanced lasers and isolated atoms in the lab, but a new experiment showed that the same clock design can work with sunlight instead
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AI confirms a long-suspected limit on quantum computers’ advantages
on 12 November | 2026An AI-powered proof has rigorously shown that using quantum computers wouldn't have huge advantages for a whole class of mathematical problems, confirming a vastly influential conjecture
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A robot has assembled a structure in space for the first time
on 12 November | 2026Autonomous in-orbit manufacturing will be key to any future space economy, and researchers have taken the first step with a robot building a radio antenna without astronaut assistance
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Economics, not climate summits, will dictate the net-zero transition
on 12 November | 2026World leaders at COP31 show little enthusiasm for phasing out fossil fuels, but the plummeting costs of renewable energy will be the key factor in how quickly we can rein in global warming
|General
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My mother told me I would die if I sought...
on 15 November | 2026 at 00:06Fear and misinformation surrounds the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo - Dr Kamwanga's mother was not immune.
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Judo champion shakes up French presidential race...
on 15 November | 2026 at 00:06Teddy Riner is one of the most popular figures in modern-day France, and one in five voters say they could support him.
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How telecoms upgrade work sparked US flight chaos
on 14 November | 2026 at 23:11US officials say the disruption was caused by old equipment overloading and not a cyber-attack.
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US has floated Ukraine ceding Donbas for Nato...
on 14 November | 2026 at 22:37The US has not confirmed the Ukrainian president's comments - a US official told the BBC "many ideas continue to be discussed".
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'Can you believe it?': SpaceX catches part of its...
on 14 November | 2026 at 22:09SpaceX has performed the historic catch using mechanical arms nicknamed "chopsticks".
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'Miracle on Mississippi' - All passengers rescued...
on 14 November | 2026 at 20:23The collision leaves 32 people in hospital with non-critical injuries, but no-one unaccounted for.
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Watch: Cruise ship overturns after collision with...
on 14 November | 2026 at 19:14Around 130 people were rescued from a cruise ship after it was struck by a tanker while docked in New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday.
“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.