'Everyone wants to write correctly. But they resist being taught how, and finally there is nobody to teach them, because teachers don't know either.'
Clive James

I couldn't disagree more. Of course there are people to teach them – I am one of them.
The Oxford Guide to Effective Writing & Speaking was my most recent title giving guidance about effective and clear writing. I am now beginning work on a new, and rather different, book on the subject. Watch this space...

In the same essay Clive James wrote, 'The decay of grammar is a feature of our time...' A lot of grumpy old men have made similar complaints. The problem is that they don't agree on what is meant by 'grammar'.
In The Oxford A–Z of Grammar and Punctuation and Grammar for Teachers I give a simple, clear, and accurate account of modern descriptive grammar. I deal with the myths about what grammar is (all that stuff about split infinitives) and replace them with a comprehensible explanation of how grammar works. The Oxford A–Z is rarely out of the top 500 books on Amazon UK, which suggests that this approach works well for many readers.

On a completely different tack, I enjoy writing about people and places. I use rearch material, including interview transcripts, combined with my own photographs to build up a picture in words and images. For example...
 

My Writing

Oxford Guide to Effective Writing & Speaking
A–Z of Grammar & Punctuation
Grammar for Teachers
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