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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s code-switching is simply a feature of all human language
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Jacinda Ardern’s vow never to say the mosque gunman’s name is a bold response
Teenage activist Greta Thunberg used fear as a motivator to spur action on climate change
In announcing her presidential candidacy, the senator reclaims the idea of ‘our America’
The prime minister deployed clever rhetorical tricks but her appeal to MPs was doomed
007 is a fantasy — he does things that we may wish we could do safely, but cannot
Andy Serkis played the prime minister as Gollum, cooing over a ‘precioussss’ Brexit
Shared wisdom once united us but culture wars have changed that
The heir apparent has served a long apprenticeship but the top job may disappoint
After millennia of being silenced and excluded, they are speaking up — and going viral
A lesson in public speaking for Halloween
Chancellor’s words evoked generosity, while leaving plenty of wriggle room
The actor’s address to Variety’s Women of Power event borrows from classical techniques
Her pitch included deft digs at opponents both inside and outside the Tory party
The opposition leader attempts to bring radical values into mainstream politics
The Queen’s 1947 Cape Town speech may not have been delivered live. Does it matter?
A collection of ‘hilariously talky’ short stories in which lonely characters often walk away from their own lives
The term echoes some of history’s most dishonest sloganeering
Giuliani’s outburst on behalf of US president is very like a Shakespearean sound bite
The Labour leader’s canned video was a poor substitute for an authentic live speech
Pitting Nick Drnaso’s ‘Sabrina’ against conventional novels is an aesthetic nonsense
US secretary of state’s speech addressed three audiences in one
A theatrical murder is at the heart of this nostalgia-filled 1950s seaside detective romp
The former slave’s 1852 oration makes a very modern point about ‘tone policing’
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