In a graphic-intensive, visual medium like video games, it's an art in itself to craft a story out of small threads and a smattering of copy on a screen. The Weather Factory makes it look easy ...

If they gave Pulitzer Prizes for pithiness, journalist Salena Zito's analytical couplet on the surprise winner of Campaign 2016 would get one. The press took Republican Donald Trump "literally ...

Under the Microscope/Prof William Reville: This week, as a break from science, I offer you a selection of famous quotations Under the Microscope/Prof William Reville:This week, as a break from ...

As he prepared a biography of Edgar Allan Poe, author Peter Ackroyd read through more than 20 volumes of Poe’s work and filled two file cabinet drawers with notes — more information than the ...

If you recognise its limitations, the self-enforcing pithiness required by the microblog's maximum of 140 characters can be a boon in the world of wine. It's worth checking out the Twitter search ...

THE PITHINESS and political nous of the campaign for cystic fibrosis sufferers has done more than highlight their awful plight… THE PITHINESS and political nous of the campaign for cystic ...

But of all the talk in the fallout from Thorpe's fall-in, I liked "oops" best. Simply for its pithiness, unbeatable. Pithiness has been defined as "terseness and economy in language use achieved ...

The smallest things are capable of rendering great power. A staccato note in a music score. The jab in boxing. A simple “yes” or “no.” And, in the world of cinema, the micro short film. On ...