Be yourself. We’ll do the rest.
Helping you tell your story with verve – on paper or in person.
Bad news first. you're not entitled to anyone's attention.
But here’s the good news: you can earn and maintain it.
You see, we’re those uncommon friends who are always in your corner, but will always tell you the truth.
uncommon friends is a boutique ghostwriting and storytelling studio that’s here to make you and your ideas worthy of other people’s time.
What we do
Ghostwriting
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Verbal identity and tone of voice
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Reportage and features
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Book manuscripts and proposals
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Interviews
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Speechwriting and event curation
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Ghostwriting • Verbal identity and tone of voice • Reportage and features • Book manuscripts and proposals • Interviews • Speechwriting and event curation •
Why we’re… different
We come from books and magazines, not comms and marketing
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We have deep and diverse intellectual interests
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We know how to make audiences care
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We're playful but rigorous
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We like nuance and complexity
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We come from books and magazines, not comms and marketing • We have deep and diverse intellectual interests • We know how to make audiences care • We're playful but rigorous • We like nuance and complexity •
And who are we?
uncommon friends is the editorial and creative practice of Sally Davies, based in London and with a network of writers and researchers around the world.
Sally has over fifteen years’ experience as a writer, editor and interviewer for publications including The London Review of Books, The Economist, The Financial Times and the BBC. She is a consultant editor for Aeon magazine, where she served as executive editor and specialises in philosophy and science. Sally was also a founding editor at Nautilus magazine in New York and the founding director of the Libreria bookshop in East London. Sally is the London co-host of the Sophia Club, an international cultural events programme, as well as the co-founder of yarn, an interactive storytelling community for kids.
uncommon friends’ clients include academics, international foundations, venture capital firms and startups.
