If you are one of my current or former students, you will be aware of the importance I attach to good writing. Clarity, precision, coherence, and above all else, style, are the elements which lift prose from being a collection of words, to becoming a convincing argument. The world in which we live is removing many opportunities for us to practice, develop and refine this skill. Artificial Intelligence in the form of ChatGPT and the like is doing the thinking for us, meaning that we may reach...

Remember, thou hast made me more powerful than thyself. If you have been following me for a while, you'll be aware of my new Classics in...

I quite often encounter students who are achieving low or simply average grades and have no idea how they should change their writing to...