Evening Standard’s Londoner’s Diary: Gentle Gossip as Art Form
Evening Standard’s Londoner’s Diary: Gentle Gossip as Art Form | Where the capital’s whispers become published mischief
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London Headlines Explained
London Headlines Explained: The News That Never Actually Changes London does not so much generate news as recycle it with confidence. The city wakes each morning, checks what was confusing, expensive, broken, or mildly alarming yesterday, and reissues it with the word “new” somewhere near the top. What follows is not a parody of London headlines, but an interpretive guide—because after a while, the city stops reporting events and starts…
Plus Social Promises “Free Speech Plus”
Plus Social Promises “Free Speech Plus,” Refuses to Clarify What the Plus Covers When Plus Social launched, it did so with the confidence of a startup that has read exactly three history books and skimmed the table of contents. The promise was bold, heroic even: Free Speech Plus. Not just free speech, mind you. That’s old speech. That’s speech with dents in it. This was speech with an upgrade, speech…
Reading the News Backwards
Behavioural research suggests starting with final paragraph reduces anxiety and prepares readers for disappointment Reading the News Backwards People already skim the news; reading it backwards just makes that honest. Most articles end by admitting nothing is resolved. Headlines are designed to frighten you; conclusions are designed to calm advertisers. Reading the last paragraph first saves time and emotional energy. Nobody reaches the end of an article unless they are…