The Oxford philosopher of language J L Austin died on 8 February 1960, just months after receiving a ‘grave’ diagnosis. His friend Isaiah Berlin called it a ‘dead secret’ – Austin himself had ‘no idea’ how little time was left. As Hilary term approached, Austin requested a mere four weeks’ leave until his glands ‘cleared up’. He died five weeks …
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Grant proposals are written in first-person future, a spine-tingling tense rarely encountered in the literary wild. When done effectively, it can suffuse a text with aspiration and optimism; when done poorly, skepticism or boredom. The voice I hear when I read a persuasive proposal is John F. Kennedy explaining why we should go to the moon: We propose these three …
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