Completion Date: 26 Oct 2022
Medium: Paint & ink on acid-free mount-board
Dimensions: 51 x 76cm (20 x 30 inches)
News headlines (and random thoughts) spanning the month of September 2022.
01 Sept
S&P500: 3,955
Bitcoin: 19,955
CO2: 416.3
FTSE100: 7,170
USD/GBP: 1.16
Fed Funds Rate: 2.33
Biden: 42.4%
31 Sept
S&P500: 3,585
Bitcoin: 19,302
CO2: 415.67
FTSE100: 6,893
USD/GBP: 1.12
Fed Funds Rate: 3.08
Biden: 42,3%
01 Sept
UN inspectors arrive at Ukraine nuclear plant, despite fighting
02 Sept
Gun jams during bid to kill Argentina vice-president
03 Sept
Biden says Trump ideology threatens US democracy
04 Sept
G7 agrees to impose price cap on Russian oil
04 Sept
Trump calls Biden an “enemy of the state”
05 Sept
Gas prices soar 26% after Russia closes key pipeline
05 Sept
Liz Truss becomes UK PM
06 Sept
Judge grants Trump’s request for Special Master to review Mar-a-Lago documents
07 Sept
Putin and Xi to meet
08 Sept
US approves $2.6bn in aid for Ukraine and allies
09 Sept
The queen is dead
10 Sept
Charles III is proclaimed king
11 Sept
Ukrainian forces make rapid gains
12 Sept
Russians outnumbered 8-1 in Ukraine counter-attack
13 Sept
Higher-than-expected inflation sends markets tumbling
14 Sept
US inflation remains stubbornly high
15 Sept
Putin reveals China’s ‘concern’ over Ukraine
16 Sept
India & China pull away from Russia
17 Sep
Biden warns Putin over tactical nuclear weapons
18 Sept
Covid-19 pandemic ‘is over’ in the US – Joe Biden
19 Sept
Queen laid to rest at St. George’s Chapel
20 Sept
West condemns Russian plans for ‘sham’ Ukraine vote
21 Sept
Another large US interest rate rise
22 Sept
Court restores Justice Dept. access to Mar-a-Lago files
23 Sept
Global markets fall on inflation & interest rate worries
24 Sept
Russia steps up conscription in occupied areas
25 Sept
Far-right wins Italy election
26 Sept
Meloni to become Italy’s first female PM
27 Sept
Women at forefront of Iran protests
28 Sept
Total blackout for Cuba in wake of hurricane
29 Sept
Hurricane Ian bludgeons SW Florida
30 Sept
Putin declares four areas of Ukraine as part of Russia in illegal annexation