No we can’t: The alternative Barack Obama speech
by Simon Lancaster / 07 Nov 2012
Simon Lancaster imagines what the US president would say if he was a pessimist
Who are the best and worst government speechmakers?
by Simon Lancaster / 13 Apr 2012
Who has saying what, about whom and how? Simon Lancaster analyses the best and worst parliamentary speechmakers
Talk is cheap
by Simon Lancaster / 27 Sep 2011
Simon Lancaster, seasoned political speechwriter, bewails the exchange of political rhetoric for gonzo chin-wagging in party conference speech-making
Simon Lancaster wonders: Kony 2012 or Phony 2012?
by Simon Lancaster / 05 Jun 2012
Simon Lancaster unpicks the persuasive elements that went into the making of the propaganda film Kony 2012, and shows how the film’s maker took so many of us in
Friends, romans, commoners
by Simon Lancaster / 05 Dec 2011
Simon Lancaster charts the history of success through the gentle arts of scintillating soundbiting and speech
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