Monthly Archives: March 2023

The Central Sydney Planning Strategy

Posted on 23 March 2023 by andyq

Originally published on 28 November 2016 on www.boldface.com.au: As a member of the City of Sydney’s Professional Writing Panel for the three years that it was in existence (they’ve now moved to getting bids from editors for each individual project…), … Continue reading →

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Superbly written spam

Posted on 19 March 2023 by andyq

Originally published on 24 November 2013 on www.boldface.com.au: We’ve all passed comment on poorly written spam, particularly those Nigerian letters asking you to send your bank account details so that they can transfer a load of money to you, or … Continue reading →

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Book review: Andrew Sean Greer’s Less is Lost

Posted on 17 March 2023 by andyq

Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer My rating: 4 of 5 stars I loved ‘Less’ so much that I guess four stars is a fall from five. I wasn’t opposed to a sequel to ‘Less’ but what would it … Continue reading →

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2023 update: Do you Vélib in life after love?

Posted on 10 March 2023 by andyq

My favourite thing to do in Paris is to ride around on a Vélib, the almost free biking system. I wondered how much it had changed in seven years, as I’d heard a lot had changed. New operators. Competition from … Continue reading →

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The Global Monitoring Report on Education for All

Posted on 9 March 2023 by andyq

Originally published on 28 April 2015 on www.boldface.com.au: I had the most amazing work opportunity and experience in the last six months. I was hired by the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) team to be the editor for their 2015 report, … Continue reading →

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Book Reviews on HIV and sexuality

Posted on 5 March 2023 by andyq

Originally published on 26 October 2015 on www.boldface.com.au: From the archives, here are two book reviews that I wrote for the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisation’s (AFAO) National AIDS Bulletin. First of all, a short book review from NAB, volume … Continue reading →

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An article on access to HIV drugs

Posted on 5 March 2023 by andyq

Originally published on 26 October 2015 on www.boldface.com.au: From the archives, here is an article that I wrote for the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisation’s (AFAO) National AIDS Bulletin. In 1999, the hot issue was how to get HIV drugs … Continue reading →

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Avoiding jargon words

Posted on 2 March 2023 by andyq

Originally published on 27 July 2014 on www.boldface.com.au: The British Home Office has produced a style guide which recommends against a whole lot of jargon words. It’s excellent, particularly the section on Plain English. I have to admit to being guilty to … Continue reading →

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