Bits and pieces on writing

• A lovely article from Lee Hall (writer of Billy Elliot and the Pitmen Painters) about the culture of the mining communities in the north east.

• Jakob Nielsen on writing content that can be used in different ways and in different contexts (eg headlines, summaries). He's got some excellent advice on assuming your information will be read out of context - you can combat this by modularising, and using specific language or keywords so it's searchable.