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First Draft #30: a newsletter on public language
30 tips, tricks and rules for better writing
First Draft #18: a newsletter on public language
Underdogs; Twitter and Musk; is Ukraine winning the info war?
First Draft #31: a newsletter on public language
Election special: Two speeches - why Emmanuel Macron is more interesting than Rishi Sunak
First Draft #22: a newsletter on public language
The language of layoffs; Sunak's buckets; medical jargon
First Draft #34: a newsletter on public language
The rhetoric of free trade; levers; Mrs Dalloway; Conclave
First Draft #33: a newsletter on public language
Populist truths; Kipling, the King and Christmas; what to do with milestones; Welby bombs
First Draft #25: a newsletter on public language
“Reimagine”; the art of conversation; good apologies; "laser-like focus"
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First Draft #32: a newsletter on public language
Fake populism; "big asks"; Kamala echoes Keir; Jenrick clichés
First Draft #23: a newsletter on public language
Love language; the State of the Union; “community”; "guardrails"; Sturgeon
First Draft #21: a newsletter on public language
Silent Queen; death euphemisms; poets laureate
First Draft #27: a newsletter on public language
I have a dream; Mission statement nonsense; Nike World Cup woes; “Learnings”; Omitting “that”
First Draft #29: a newsletter on public language
Reading speed; climate jargon; small talk; the best of the number twos
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