It’s been all work and no play here in the UK over the last couple of months. We’ve had a slew of ‘bank holidays’: a term that confuses foreigners, even English speakers, but seems obvious to locals. The expression originates […]

As the super-injunction row rumbles on here in the UK, you could be forgiven for wondering why the celebs even bother. When an English court orders Calif0rnia-based Twitter to hand over the personal details of the injunction-busters, there’s a definite […]

Are you a Big Picture person? I’m sure you are. So am I. In fact, in this age of blue-sky thinking and outside-the-box paradigm shifts,  it’s difficult when we see a passing bandwagon to resist the temptation to jump right […]

“I think we need more copy,”  lamented a client a while back. “No problem,” I said. “What is it that’s missing?” “Nothing,” he said with a slight hint of confusion. “Nothing at all. It’s just that we need more. Because […]

“There’s no doubt about it,” said a marketer friend of mine a few years back, “quantity trumps quality.” I remember at the time being taken slightly aback. Here, after all, was a person who had the highest standards, who produced […]