Alan’s Substack

In the Company of the Master: Discovering PG Wodehouse

A reflection on the timeless craft of the English language's quintessential humorist.

Aug 31 • 

Alan Grant

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Calling For My Own Arrest

Please feel free to share this article with the police.

Aug 19 • 

Alan Grant

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September 2024

For God's Sake, Stop Talking Like That!

The author enters the verbal and literary space and reflects on the use of sub-optimal and procedurally unnecessary information distribution vectors and…

Sep 26, 2024 • 

Alan Grant

July 2024

How to ask yourself for a holiday

In which the author reflects on an under-discussed aspect of self-employment; who do you talk to about time off?

Jul 17, 2024 • 

Alan Grant

Read this before emailing your new MP!

In which the author offers some free advice to chew over before getting in touch with the Westminster intake of 2024.

Jul 6, 2024 • 

Alan Grant

June 2024

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Self-Employment

Still newly self-employed, the author reflects on the best advice in the universe not related to knowing where your towel is.

Jun 17, 2024 • 

Alan Grant

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Podcast 1: Hoping my new boss knows what he's doing

After some time to think about what's next, the author reflects on going solo as a small business offering political communications with a refreshing…

Jun 7, 2024 • 

Alan Grant

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Hoping my new boss knows what he's doing

After some time to think about what's next, the author reflects on going solo as a small business offering political communications with a refreshing…

Jun 5, 2024 • 

Alan Grant

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May 2024

Saving English

Our language defines us. So why is it used so badly by those who should know better?

May 13, 2024 • 

Alan Grant

April 2024

The best little bookshop in Edinburgh

The author invites you to join him on a spontaneous trip to his favourite bookshop in Scotland's capital city, Bassington's.

Apr 30, 2024 • 

Alan Grant

You are surrounded by miracles

From the mug on your desk to the large hadron collider, the modern world is so beautiful that it's a bona fide miracle.

Apr 18, 2024 • 

Alan Grant

Trying not to make a complete job hunt of it

In a personal reflection, the author finds himself jobless but not hopeless.

Apr 10, 2024 • 

Alan Grant

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