Author Archive
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The client list
If you work for a PR agency; ...
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Taxiing times in NYC
New York taxis have always been recognisable the world over - not just for their bright yellow colour, but for the ...
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Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?
Has anyone else noticed that two of the production companies behind the new ITV1 mini-series ‘Titanic’, which has been sold to more than 80 different countries around ...
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Fuelling the debate: to buy or not to buy?
Obviously, the minute Cabinet Minister Francis Maude suggested that UK motorists should store petrol - “maybe a little bit in the ...
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Is scepticism drowning out the cheers?
According to last Friday’s USA Today, scepticism (or, as they spell it: skepticism) is drowning out the cheers originally heard in London back in 2006 when we won the ...
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The importance of proofing headlines – again!
Following the BBC's geographical mix-up the other day, now it’s the Daily Mail ...
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Don’t forget the pancakes on Jif Lemon day
It was last broadcast on British TV in the mid 1980’s, but it just goes to show how a clever TV commercial can really stick in your ...
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Scrap metal dealers – they aren’t all bad it seems…
Carshalton has made national headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent months, after callous thieves stole a series of brass plaques from our local ...
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Should we buy the BBC an atlas?
It’s lunchtime, I’m eating my sandwich and I’m browsing the news headlines on bbc.co.uk… One of top three items on the ‘World news’ page is headed “Storms ...
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Excuse me Mr Falcon, I think you are in my seat?
As an agency we’ve collectively seen our fair share of celebrities, public figures and DYKWIA’s on board trains and planes when travelling on business. Whilst I’ve found myself ...