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'They were a group of
scruffy boys who didn't want to pay any tax'

Sometimes you're just gifted a fantastic interviewee. Beatles accountant Harry Pinsker waited 50 years to give his first interview - and offered it to me...

'Even accountancy can be interesting when you make it about people'

Often the best way to engage readers is to make a story human. My interview with Cambridge Satchel Company founder Julie Deane shows how to make a business article sing...

'Everyone sees a special beauty in things that others do not....'

Even the most mundane or anodyne subjects can be brought to life if you use the right words. When commissioned to write about photography, I was determined to submit something, well, snappy...

'It wasn't cowardice, but a soldier's terrifying inability to cope...'

The World War 1 troops who were shot at dawn for refusing to fight – and their families' century-long fight to clear their names.

'He had a violent history but I saw no reason to treat him differently from anyone else'

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A good piece of writing engages its reader in a story. This article does exactly what a review of a good book should – makes you want to read more.

'Even someone you don't get on with is your friend in a mountain hut'

This piece for an international boarding school combines powerful description and student voices to present a vivid account of life in the Swiss mountains.

WHEN THE PENALTY

FOR FEAR WAS DEATH

World War I feature for

The Independent that

was then recommissioned by the BBC

College students'

TRAILBLAZER

In-depth colour feature interview with

experiences of Alpine life in their mountain school home

rising accountancy star Matthew Oliver for Vital magazine

about the birth and rise of the beautiful game for The Open University's Open Eye magazine

Many more examples available - email for details

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