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Ian Leslie
ianleslie.substack.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2022
Ian Leslie is a British writer whose Substack covers psychology, creativity, music, and human behavior, including posts on Paul McCartney.
What HN saysHN commenters recommend his piece on 64 reasons to celebrate Paul McCartney as one of their favorite reads, and discuss his British writing style.
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egypturnash · 2022-01-29
Yeah, the author seems to be British - there’s no obvious Brit spellings in this piece, but if you look at https://ianleslie.substack.com/ you’ll see a story excerpt with “favourite”, plus pieces about the BBC and Boris Johnson.
Writing in British as opposed to American covers quite a few subtly different shadings of word meanings, as well as a willingness to use words a fourth-grader wouldn’t have encountered.
klelatti · 2022-01-28
If you enjoyed this then there is a good chance you will also enjoy Ian Leslie’s ‘64 Reasons to Celebrate Paul McCartney’, one of my favourite reads of 2020.
https://ianleslie.substack.com/p/64-reasons-to-celebrate-paul-mccartne…