Foghorns from 1908 at the Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall. This year I stopped being a consultant, started a tiny company, sold hundreds of little modular synths, hosted two incredible events, and I’m slowly getting used to calling myself an electronic musical instrument designer. Global deaths from air pollution are falling fast. Between 2013 and 2023 deaths per 100,000 fell 21%. Tens of millions of people are alive today who’d have died if pollution controls hadn’t worked.