This is what I have been previously told to use by uni for essays written in LaTeX:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{a4-mancs}
\usepackage{pslatex}
Based on this question and others I've found I've changed article to scrartcl.
Then:
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\begin{document}
\title{Standardising Software}
\subtitle{An update on the article 'The welcome demise of style' from the Economist, September 1989\cite{the welcome demise of style}}
\author{me}
\maketitle
\newpage
...
However this doesn't work - when I run latex essay.tex it says the subtitle bit is an undefined control sequence, and it comes out with the subtitle on its own on the first page of the document.
scrartcl. Which version of KOMA-Script are you using? Perhaps update. Or show a real MWE. – Stefan Kottwitz Oct 31 '12 at 17:00\documentclas{...}and ending with\end{document}. – doncherry Oct 31 '12 at 17:18\end{document}, I think? – zephyrdragon Oct 31 '12 at 18:09\title{TITLE \vspace{1em}\\\normalsize{SUBTITLE}}, so I'm using that. Thanks for all your help. – zephyrdragon Oct 31 '12 at 18:18