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Finality. It may have been a burial or the sound of an epoch closing. Its deep and sonorous sound shifted the universe at a cellular level. Motivation drifted into coma. And she found she no longer cared. An echo lingered but the ashes were cold and the thought turned into concrete: ‘I’m almost 52 years old and I don’t want to do this anymore.’ At that instant, the walls closed in and she found herself chained and bound. Moments elongated into eons as the ticking of a clock turned into the ponderous footsteps of an assassin. She was being hunted. The air was stale. Her words were scratches on a headstone. Her flesh crawled at the odour of decay: ‘If I have to sit through one more data meeting, I’m going to scream.’ She punched the wall until her knuckles bled. The scent of fresh blood was caught by the breeze and hyenas began to circle. Helplessness becomes necrosis. The jungle is bleached and shrivelled dry. Survival is the only must as the sun’s scorches turn to acid: ‘I’ve been doing this for half a lifetime - and, today, I’m done.’ The whip cracked, slicing through to her bones. The hyenas tore into her raw flesh. Their teeth gleamed white in the light of a waning moon as she was eaten alive by those who’d sworn to protect. The bells pealed to celebrate a blasphemy and the church doors slammed shut. Darkness enveloped her soul. 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I, whose words flowed, Was as a stoppered flood. All tense and taut in misery I broke - and they could not come. https://www.verbatimproofreading.co.uk/blog-1-1/prosody-how-we-hear-language monthly 0.5 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691b242473fea26f5ec178d1/7d1dd408-e1da-4f82-9b0a-cd4e6942a341/6A86C231-0D68-44F9-A67D-C0FB415773DA.png Blog - Prosody - how we hear language ‘The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.’ Robert Louis Stevenson https://www.verbatimproofreading.co.uk/blog-1-1/judas monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691b242473fea26f5ec178d1/dad15055-2a2b-4b91-9bee-dbddd1eaa6a6/Judas.png Blog - Judas - Judas Judas looked pious. Pursing his lips, he complained that Mary was wasting money that should have been given to charity. ‘The poor’ said Judas, ‘were his priority: they should come first.’ Mary was so selfish, spending cash on a perfumed unguent - and for what? She’d basically just tipped it all over the floor - and what a damned mess it had made, too. What a show-off that woman really was: just attention-seeking, hoping to get a pat on the head from the boss by a show of sickly sucking up. It made Judas want to throw up. He was satisfied in his sanctimoniousness: that money should have been given to the poor. And, since he was the treasurer, it was his duty to uphold ethical standards in this group and say so. So he did - and he felt good about it. He might have persuaded the others, too. Judas was so sincere. His face was a pure mask of gravity: ‘Our mission is to help the needy,’ he said. ‘We must do everything in our power to ensure that the naked are clothed, the hungry are fed and the homeless are homed.’ And, with every word, his voice resonated like a bishop announcing the start of Lent. An hypnotic self-righteousness oozed from him and the disciples nodded with approval. Sometime later, Judas sat in his office. That woman was becoming a problem and he did not know what to do with her. He had thought he’d solved it last year when he’d tricked her into her into accepting a temporary post. No: he hadn’t told her it would only be temporary. He’d left her to find that out … later. He was sure she’d agree and, when it turned out not to be a proper post, it’d be too late for her to do anything about it. In the end, she’d have to accept the demotion and suck it up. But he could not afford to have this miserable wretch in any position of influence. She was too … infectious. Her misery became everyone’s misery. https://www.verbatimproofreading.co.uk/blog-1-1/the-power-of-a-twist-in-the-tail-and-why-essays-shouldnt-have-one monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691b242473fea26f5ec178d1/157fce1c-ea68-4b94-ac08-bf767faa8846/Twist+in+the+Tail.png Blog - The Power of a Twist in the Tail - and why Essays shouldn’t have one - AI - generated picture Whatever you are writing, it’s always important to remember that readers anticipate. Thus, the opening to your piece sets the expectation for a reader. In fiction, a twist in the tail works because of this anticipation. Readers instinctively project forwards, assembling clues as they go. A good twist doesn’t come out of nowhere. It reconfigures what the reader thought they understood. The clues were there all along, but they add up to something unexpected. That’s why a twist is so satisfying: it surprises us and, yet, makes perfect sense in hindsight. But in academic or professional writing, the opposite is true. An essay should never have a twist. Your reader should not be misled, wrong-footed, or jolted off course. Instead, they should be taken on a journey that is clearly signposted at the outset. Your introduction establishes the destination; your structure provides the route. By the time they reach your conclusion, the reader should feel informed, not ambushed. Your conclusion should re-visit the argument made in the introduction and, essentially say, “There! I told you I was right at the start.” There should be no surprises. Both genres of writing share the quality of the reader’s anticipation. 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It didn't matter much whether your political philosophy was fascist, communist or liberal democratic, all states affected by the Depression pretty much pursued the same solutions. In the end, vast amounts of government expenditure kick-started the global economy into activity by creating demand where there was none. Of course, most of this expenditure was justified by World War Two. Even people who violently object to public spending on welfare have no problem justifying precisely the same expenditure when directed to national defence. In economic terms, however, it matters very little what one spends taxpayers' money on; the point is that it was spent. In the aftermath of the Second World War there was a de facto recognition that unfettered capitalism has flaws. 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