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First Draft #30: a newsletter on public language
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December 2023

First Draft #29: a newsletter on public language
Reading speed; climate jargon; small talk; the best of the number twos
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October 2023

First Draft #28: a newsletter on public language
Writing by hand; “Lived experience”; Military idioms; Biden’s diplomacy
1

August 2023

First Draft #27: a newsletter on public language
I have a dream; Mission statement nonsense; Nike World Cup woes; “Learnings”; Omitting “that”

June 2023

First Draft #26: a newsletter on public language
Dreaded innovation speak; "Foster"; "Think big"; Amis and McCarthy
1

April 2023

First Draft #25: a newsletter on public language
“Reimagine”; the art of conversation; good apologies; "laser-like focus"
2

March 2023

First Draft #24: a newsletter on public language
Jeremy Hunt; "empower"; Budget rebuttals; Kairos; "robust"
1

February 2023

First Draft #23: a newsletter on public language
Love language; the State of the Union; “community”; "guardrails"; Sturgeon

January 2023

First Draft #22: a newsletter on public language
The language of layoffs; Sunak's buckets; medical jargon

September 2022

First Draft #21: a newsletter on public language
Silent Queen; death euphemisms; poets laureate

July 2022

First Draft #20: a newsletter on public language
Decorum; smashed it; to coal and back
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May 2022

First Draft #19: a newsletter on public language
Understudies; the brain-boosting power of fiction; integrity in politics
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