Completion Date: 01 Nov 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 October 2022.
01 October
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%
31 Oct
S&P500: 3,901
Bitcoin: 20,478
CO2: 416.52
FTSE100: 7,036
USD/GBP: 1.16
Fed Funds Rate: 3.08
Biden: 42.4%
01 Oct
Ukraine counter-offensive continues
02 Oct
Brazil polarised as Bolsonaro seeks re-election and Lula aims for comeback
03 Oct
Lula and Bolsonaro to face run-off in Brasil election
04 Oct
North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan
05 Oct
Japan condemns N-Korea’s ballistic missile launches
06 Oct
In rebuke to West, OPEC & Russia to raise oil prices with big supply cut
07 Oct
Justice department is said to believe Trump has more documents
08 Oct
US clamps down on China’s access to chip technology
09 Oct
Crimea bridge: Putin accuses Ukraine of ‘terrorism’
10 Oct
US condemns ‘brutal’ Russian strikes on Ukraine
11 Oct
Putin unleashes barrage of missiles on Ukraine civilian areas
12 Oct
Zelensky asks G7 leaders form more air defence systems
13 Oct
Jan 6 Committee Subpoenas Trump
14 Oct
Teenagers have become the new faces of Iran protests
15 Oct
UK markets react negatively to Truss’ Thatcherite economic plan
16 Oct
Market turmoil continues in UK
17 Oct
Russia attacks Ukraine with “kamikaze” drones
18 Oct
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss apologizes for mini-budget ‘mistakes’
19 Oct
Russia attacks Ukraine’s power grid
20 Oct
Liz Truss resigns as UK PM
21 Oct
Jan 6 committee subpoenas Trump
Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for Contempt of Congress
22 Oct
China’s Xi secures third term
23 Oct
Xi cements power by packing top team with loyalists
24 Oct
Rishi Sunak UK PM front-runner after Boris Johnson drops out
25 Oct
Rishi Sunak becomes UK PM
26 Oct
Putin watches first Russian nuclear drill since invasion of Ukraine
27 Oct
Iran protests rage as thousands defy security forces
28 Oct
Elon Musk now owns Twitter. Fires CEO.
29 Oct
Violent extremism warning ahead of US election
30 Oct
Russia suspends grain deal over Crimea attacks
31 Oct
Lula beats Bolsonaro to return as Brazil president
31 Oct
Explosions in Kyiv as Russia attacks Ukraine infrastructure
