This is Present Tense, a series on mindfulness for busy people (read: all of us). Whether you're at work, on a walk, or hanging with loved ones, mindfulness can help you stay connected and engaged – ...

This is Present Tense, a series on mindfulness for busy people (read: all of us). Whether you're at work, on a walk, or hanging with loved ones, mindfulness can help you stay connected and engaged – ...

From Hilary Mantel and David Mitchell to Goldsmith’s prize winner Kevin Barry, more and more writers are adopting this way of storytelling to bring immediacy and intimacy to their work It was ...

Online content written in the present tense is considerably more persuasive. Recent research unveils that, although people commonly narrate events in the past tense, conveying the information in the ...

In Genesis 1, God speaks the world into being. It’s not surprising, then, that language is tied to how we see God at work in our lives, that our faith is as much about the architecture of nouns and ...

“John Humphrys dislikes mint choc-chip ice-cream” is not a headline I can easily imagine reading, but you never know. The Today programme presenter has sent shockwaves through the chattering classes ...

Present tense communication is a high-risk, high-gain endeavor. Source: Photo by Galit Romanelli “I realized that I was a jerk.” “I discovered what I was hiding all these years…” “I finally confronted ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Like newspaper headlines and personal anecdotes (So I’m walking down the street yesterday, and this ...