The more fashionable parts of the advertising industry have always liked failure. They go on and on about how important it is to fail. To…
On March 31st last year, Joe Bidden made a landmark speech to a group of Trades Unionists in Pittsburgh. While little remarked upon in the UK,…
I look forward to 2023 trends presentations crossing my desk with the same enthusiasm that I greet Tory canvassers on my doorstep, for I adore…
This story is about country music, emotion and how we truly connect with our audiences. I wrote it a while ago but was reminded of…
At the end of last year I wrote a piece celebrating 50 years of Saatchi & Saatchi. We aren’t much given to looking backwards as…
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In August 2003 Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair’s Director of Communications, resigned. For some months he had been at the centre of allegations that the intelligence…
My favourite episode of South Park is ‘Gnomes’. Not only is it properly funny, if you like your humour puerile and immature, but it also…
There are many phrases to which I take exception. I hate dead metaphors such as “Achilles’ heel”. I hate euphemisms that are designed to disguise…
To celebrate the 55th series of Have I Got News For You, the show’s team captains, Ian Hislop and Paul Merton gave a now infamous…
It’s Winter and that means one thing these days. The National Health Service is in crisis. A perfect storm of seasonal pressure, changing demographics, advances…
There is one word the advertising industry really hates. In this word lies the root of all perceived evil. It’s only a little word but…