by rentaquill | Sep 16, 2022 | writing
5 minutes | Language | social media | Britiron I’ve seen some awful, awful behaviour on social media recently. I’ve been on the sharp end, too. I understand that human beings want to disagree about things. That’s survival instinct. But the intrusive nature of...
by rentaquill | Sep 12, 2022 | writing
5 minutes | Language | sweary bits Rightly or wrongly, I’ve been thinking about free speech and the syllogistic beauty of words this week, what with the demise of a monarch and an upsurge in republican angst. I also rediscovered the phrase ‘banging nails through...
by rentaquill | Aug 13, 2022 | writing
10 minutes | OVERLORD | Churchill | code names | language Until Winston Churchill decided otherwise, evidence shows that Operation OVERLORD was destined to be known as Operation MOTHBALL – which would have been a bit pants, really. Still, while the work of the...
by rentaquill | Aug 13, 2022 | writing
,10 minutes | Zelenskyy | Comedy | Language | Command Volodymyr Zelenskyy understands the value of communicating clearly, of course he does. His law studies taught him to disseminate information with little or no ambiguity, and his work as an actor honed an ability to...
