How to give a preso when you’d rather have a root canal

AUCKLAND, Sunday: “Some people can stand in front of a group of strangers and give an entertaining and coherent talk without rehearsal, notes, or even having the faintest idea of what they were going to say before they stood up to say it,” writes Herald on Sunday columnist Paul Catmur.

“This article is for the other 99.9% of us.”

• nzherald.co.nz/paul-catmur/root-canal