We often talk on this blog about how having real people tell their stories can be a great way of getting a message across.

Here’s how McKinsey's women’s networking group describes itself.

The phrase “advise and revert” is not standard English.

Can you spot what's wrong with this sentence?

This online tool challenges you to describe an idea using only the most common 1,000 words in English.

Investors, it’s been claimed, are out of love with Apple.

I doubt anyone’s really going to misinterpret it, but LG invited me to be smart.

We spotted this van outside a building site across the road from Doris and Bertie towers.

On finishing a delicious Doris and Bertie power lunch from itsu yesterday, I was confronted with this image.

If you can bear to, take a look at the following paragraph. It's from a PhD submitted to the University of Cambridge in 2000.

The autumn 2012 issue of British Telecom’s TechKnow plopped through my letter box yesterday.

The copywriter entrusted with this ad from Bombay Sapphire clearly wasn’t feeling “infused with imagination” on the day she dredged up from her psyche this sorry piece of work.

Nigel’s letter thoroughly delighted her – and we can see why.

But every summer we had a problem. The markets slept.

Here’s how we think lean principles apply to writing.

Wouldn’t it be great to get professional feedback on every document you write?

Today we have an example of how not to write an apology.

Apparently, 34 people have already applied for the chance to “define key taxonomy and contextual in-line journey content across all key touch points of the customer lifecycle”.

Yesterday, the retailer JJB Sports went into administration after it failed to secure a buyer.

Lord Denning, one of the most celebrated judges of the twentieth century, was renowned for his way with words.