Open-mic comics getting paid – how funny is that?
It was difficult starting a life-changing career north of sixty, but my lifelong obsession with puns and one-liners needed an outlet, and with London bursting a...
Author: Mark Rivlin
Self publish and be damned
I’ve got three mates who have self-published books through Amazon. As they were all published fairly recently (within the past two years) I decided to buy...
Yes to copywriting, no to copy writing
Around 10 years ago I was visiting a client at a trade show in Birmingham. While wandering around the stalls I met up with a company from China who were enterin...
Wrong grammar? Shop ’em!
Near where I live a second-hand white goods outlet opened with the clever name of Sell Fridges (hardly competition for the Oxford Street giant, but a quirky nam...
Poor grammar and syntax? I’m shooting from the hipster
What the hell is wrong with you? Yes you, the hipster too young to grow the wretched Shoreditch beard; yes you who commissions the tech wizards with designer gl...
Stand up and be counted out
Long long time ago, I worked Saturday nights on the sports desk of the People newspaper. The shift was always great fun and I was honoured to work alongside som...
(In) terms of endearment
Anyone who knows me will give a glowing reference about what a splendid chap I am; tolerant of everything and everyone, never complaining, praising people 365/2...
Jam tomorrow?
Around fifteen years ago I was sitting in an editorial meeting for a quarterly magazine I subbed. The final article had been submitted that morning and the grap...