Please scroll down for examples of articles and radio shows that have featured my speech writing service.

Oct 3 2012 – BBC Radio Wales interview on Ed Miliband

Lawrence live on BBC Radio Wales during Labour Party conference discussing Ed Miliband’s ‘One Nation’ speech.
Link to 3 minute MP3 clip here

July 9 2012 – BBC Radio interview on Andy Murray

Lawrence live on BBC Radio discussing Andy Murray’s tears and what makes a great speech.  Audio clip here: Lawrence_Bernstein_BBCRadio_Mike_Zeller_Radio_Interview_2012-07-09

Feb 29 2012- BBC Radio 4 and World Service Interviews on the Oscars

Live on BBC World Service during the Oscars discussing the quality (or otherwise) of the acceptance speeches.  In two separate interviews an hour apart.

The first: Lawrence-BBC-World-Service-Oscars-Feb-2011-Part1
The second: Lawrence-BBC-World-Service-Oscars-Feb-2011-Part2

Featured in article in Dame Magazine on what to say (and what not to say) on receiving an Oscar

 

April 29 2011 – SKY news interview on Prince Harry

Interviewed outside Buckingham Palace live on Sky news on Royal Wedding day .  You can see it here, or click on this link for a bigger version on You Tube (but trust me, I’m not suited to HD!).

Feb 2011 – BBC Radio interviews on Prince Harry

Interviewed abour Prince Harry’s best man speech on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio Merseyside.

July 2009 – BBC online magazine

Quoted in the BBC Online Magazine in this article :

“In a nutshell, a great speech is communication at its most effective, and we all want to communicate effectively in whatever situation we find ourselves in”, says professional speech-writer Lawrence Bernstein.

“The rules and techniques of good communication work on all levels – if you’re on a stage speaking to thousands of people, asking your boss for a pay rise, trying to buy a new house, or teaching a class of 10 year olds.”

May 2009 – New Zealand Herald

Featured on the other side of the world in the New Zealand Herald:

April 2009

Interviewed by Macleans in Canada (the Canadian equivalent of ‘Time’ magazine in the US). ‘Great Speechwriting’ has been abreviated to ‘Great Speeches’ in the article below!:

January 21 2009 BBC Radio London about Obama

Interviewed on BBC Radio London by Vanessa Feltz about the Obama inauguration speech.

Sept 23 2008 BBC Radio 5 on Gordon Brown

Featured on BBC Radio 5 Breakfast show with a suggested headline clip for Gordon Brown’s speech at the Labour Party Conference.

Sept 2008 with Stephen Fry on BBC Radio 4

Featured on Stephen Fry’s ‘English Delight’ on Radio 4.

Also in 2008

I have also been interviewed about this service on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Essex, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and Radio Kerry in Ireland.

I have also been asked to contribute to a number of magazines. If you found me in the Spectator, Private Eye or the New Statesman, you may not read them all regularly, but here are a few clippings.

August 2008

and, perhaps less visually impressive, the article itself:

April 2008

Also in 2007