Blog / Thoughts on writing & words
Edward Wilson-Lee’s book explores the life of a Renaissance scholar who believed in the transcendent possibilities of language
Remembered Light, my first book of poems, visits places of personal and historic significance in my native Norfolk and Suffolk
There is no going back to Renaissance days when language was at the centre of the curriculum – but the system had its merits
For the Roman orator a good argument begins with a point of contention the audience can actually disagree with
Everything the writing platforms promise can be achieved through the classic blogging architecture established nearly 20 years ago
An absolutist case for never using AI to assist in the writing process
Written nearly 2,500 years ago Aristotle’s The Art of Rhetoric still offers a robust framework for good business writing
A look at the techniques designers and typographers have evolved to lead the reader through long passages of text
Our intuition that sales copy must always be short should not always be trusted – long form is sometimes the right tool for the job