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Open-mic comics getting paid – how funny is that?

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Mark Rivlin / 0 Comment

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...

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Self publish and be damned

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Mark Rivlin / 0 Comment

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...

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Yes to copywriting, no to copy writing

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Mark Rivlin / 0 Comment

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...

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Wrong grammar? Shop ’em!

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Mark Rivlin / 0 Comment

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...

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Poor grammar and syntax? I’m shooting from the hipster

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Mark Rivlin / 0 Comment

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...

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Stand up and be counted out

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Mark Rivlin / 0 Comment

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...

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(In) terms of endearment

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Mark Rivlin / 0 Comment

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...

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Jam tomorrow?

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Mark Rivlin / 0 Comment

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...

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