The off-hours desk

Diversions

A shelf for the things worth watching, reading, collecting and talking about beyond the daily produced water file.

Humor

01 / A little perspective

02 / Things people care enough to collect and do

Topic shelf

Auto racing, the drivers and teams, and the technology that moves from track to road.

Topic shelf

The craft, mechanics and stories behind the things we wear on our wrists.

Topic shelf

Numismatics, design and the history carried in a small piece of metal.

Topic shelf

Signatures, provenance and the encounters that make a collection personal.

Topic shelf

The game, the people and the charity tournaments that bring the oilfield together.

Topic shelf

Sporting clays, collecting and the charitable shoots woven into energy events.

03 / The wider conversation

What is worth reading, keeping and arguing about.

Topic shelf

Artists, exhibitions and objects worth a closer look.

Topic shelf

Stories from the past that change how the present looks.

Topic shelf

Listening notes, performances and the people behind the sound.

04 / Follow the question