Lionel Stanbrook is a writer, editor, teacher, and reader. His previous work has included communications, speechwriting, editing, and copywriting for international institutions including the European Commission, the European Parliament, the World Food Programme, and the African Development Bank; for companies including Roche, Colgate Palmolive, Syngenta, Routledge & Kegan Paul, and the Huntsman Corporation; for the Corporation of the City of London and the UK Advertising Association. He is an experienced speaker, diarist, grammarian, creative writing coach, apostrophe adviser, and Oxford comma counsellor. He lives in England and France.