Grey (or gray) literature – 'grey lit' for short – includes such forms of communication as reports, white papers, dissertations, newsletters, slide decks, blogs, and podcasts. The Grey Lit Café explores the opportunities and benefits that grey lit provides for professionals and researchers. The podcast is directed by Anthony Haynes, produced by Dr Bart Hallmark, and published by Frontinus Ltd, a communications agency focused on engineering, infrastructure, sustainability, and research. Frontinus provides consultancy, editing, writing, and training services. If you're creating some grey literature and would like some support, contact us via our website, frontinus.org.uk.
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Episode #74
Spineless Wonders: the power of print unbound
Aug 25, 202527 minS9
Spineless Wonders is the splendid title for a splendid exhibition at the University of London's Senate House Library - an exhibition of unbound material in myriad formats, spanning five hundred years of printing. This episode reviews the exhibition with its three curators: Tansy Barton (Academic Librarian) Christos Fotelis (Conservator) Leila Kassir (Academic Librarian) We consider how the exhibition came about, how exhibits were selected, what the aim of the exhibition is, and which exhibits constitute the curators' favourites. And, as a by-product of our discussion we reflect on established themes of the podcast, namely how grey literature is defined and what relationship it has to ephemera. Details of the exhibition, which continues to 15 November 2025, together with supporting digital resources, may be found on the University of London's website, here . Further listening We hope you found this episode rewarding. If so, you might find the following of particular interest: Before Spotify: the remarkable story of chautauquas But what about letters? Their scholarly use as grey literature How to define grey literature? The implications of letters Credit The music is from Handel's Water Music, courtesy of the United States Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra Support the show About the publisher This episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences. We provide consultancy mentoring editing and writing training and work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers). To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/ .
If you're studying on the University of Cambridge's Multidisciplinary Design course, this episode is for you. The episode focuses on the visual aspects of advice. It seeks to provide pragmatic recommendations that will make a marked difference to the communicative effectiveness of your poster presentation. Contents 00:00 Navigation 01:56 Visual aspects of text 04:25 Contrast 07:21 Alignment 09:13 Naming 10:29 Further resource Further Resources Robin Williams, The non-designer’s design book , 4th edn (Peachpit Press, 2014). Writing, designing, and presenting a poster (a writing protocol): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bW8sj5j1W70PjYLUuLgPLPADyOvUOXVV/view /. Credit : The music, from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos , is courtesy of the US Marine Band. Support the show About the publisher This episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences. We provide consultancy mentoring editing and writing training and work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers). To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/ .
Physical aspects of poster presentations (GM1 comms)
May 17, 202511 minS8
If you're studying on the University of Cambridge's Multidisciplinary Design course, this episode is for you. The episode focuses on the (quite radical) implications of the context of poster display spectators' behaviour aspects of inclusive practice. These considerations will help you to optimise the communicative effectiveness of your poster presentation. Contents 00:00 Key issues 03:29 Allocation of space on the poster 04:43 Non-linear sequencing 07:40 Inclusiveness Credit : The music, from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos , is courtesy of the US Marine Band. Support the show About the publisher This episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences. We provide consultancy mentoring editing and writing training and work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers). To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/ .
Tactics: group presentations and Q&A (Comms for GM1)
May 17, 202511 minS8
If you're a student on the University of Cambridge's Multidisciplinary Design course (GM1), this episode is for you. Indeed, it focuses on considerations specific to the course, based on observations from previous cohorts' presentations. This is the third of three episodes on presentations. There is a parallel set of episodes on poster presentations. Contents 00:00 Group prsentations 01:35 Use of space 03:30 Q & A 09:14 Further resources Link The protocol, 'Giving a presentation', is available from the Frontinus website, here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QyT64vNnO7RXUhoWj9WBStOewtOwzv6s/view . Credit : The music is from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, courtesy of the US Marine Band. Support the show About the publisher This episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences. We provide consultancy mentoring editing and writing training and work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers). To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/ .
Effective communication using slides (Comms for GM1)
May 17, 202518 minS8
If you're a student on the University of Cambridge's Multidisciplinary Design course (GM1), this episode is for you. The episode stems from consideration of the pitfalls presenters fall into concerning use of slides. Simply by avoiding these pitfalls, you can make your presentation outstandingly communicative. This is the second of three episodes on presentations. There is a parallel set of episodes on poster presentations. Contents 00:00 Key issues 04:37 Audience engagement 07:10 The three functions of slides 12:57 Using slides interactively 15:51 Implications for time management Credit : The music is from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos , courtesy of the US Marine Band. Support the show About the publisher This episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences. We provide consultancy mentoring editing and writing training and work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers). To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/ .
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