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Typographical salvage
Fellow typophiles and letterati might want to direct themselves to Glyphics Signs on Leonard Street, EC2, right opposite the LASSCO architectural salvage yard. The company makes all manner of signage...
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Second Person
Earlier this year I was asked to write a personal piece about Ian McEwan and Norwich. It was to be part of a project, called 26 Norwich Writers, marking that fine place becoming England’s first City...
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Why stories matter
The Association for Qualitative Research recently asked me to write a piece on storytelling in business for its InDepth magazine. That issue is out now, and it’s worth tracking down a copy (over here)...
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At 66000mph
Some pieces from us that you may have missed: Attention span Far from being helpless victims of technology-driven dumbing-down, we are actively paying attention in all sorts of new and productive...
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Slave to the rhythm
I recently judged D&AD’s Writing for Design category. While browsing the tables of entries I bumped into Brazilian journalist Claudia Penteado, who was there to write about the work entered and...
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26 Words
Last year writing organisation 26 and lettering artists’ group Letter Exchange collaborated on an exhibition. 26 Words paired writers with visual artists, setting them a brief designed to explore the...
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Yes, no, definitely maybe – part 2
A banner at the Trafalgar Square rally in support of the Union More excellent writing on Scottish independence has emerged since my post on Friday. Two particularly well-wrought comment pieces in...
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A Fourth World
A few weeks back my wife – Lesley Katon – and I were sitting up a hillside in Italy pondering what she might say to the friends due to gather at her 50th birthday party. She wanted to capture her...
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The Serious Business of Stories
A few weeks back I had the pleasure of speaking to 180 fellow writers at the Professional Copywriters’ Network’s second conference. Terrific the conference was too, with a smart, friendly audience who...
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On Elfgate
In the earliest days of writing for the Internet, there were few places to go for advice on how to structure and present online copy. A book and some posts by Jakob Nielsen was about all that was...
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The other day I ran a writing workshop for designers with the talented Rob Self-Pierson, founder of writing agency The Table. We hosted a great group from a range of creative agencies and brands....
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