Memories of an extraordinary individual – Part One A few months back Denny Hatch of Target Marketing asked me to write about my experiences of working with David Ogilvy. An abridged version was published, but here is the original memoir. …
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Who else wants an amazing PA like Chloe?
She laughs at chaos, does videos and edits them, runs events, arranges travel for speakers, puts powerpoint presentations together, has good ideas and ignores my dumb ones (or corrects me). Could you be right for each other? I’m winding down my …
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“Greatly reduced the public stock of harmless pleasure”
Dear Roger: I stole from him, laughed with him – and nearly caught pneumonia because so many people loved him When Garrick the great actor died Dr. Johnson said his death “eclipsed the joy of nations and greatly reduced the public …
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Please join me for two minutes and 25 seconds
It doesn’t take much to ruin a good idea – but slightly more effort, a little naiveté and a lot more money to come up with a bad one This is a bad idea. Sorry about my usual dire i-phone …
Read MoreIs alcohol the problem – or the solution?
Many of our MPs are hopeless drunks. Is this a bad thing? What would Winston Churchill say? If you follow these things you know that Eric Joyce, a Scottish MP, has been arrested after not one, but two drunken punch-ups, …
Read MoreIf you realise that good writing comes from wise reading …
Here’s something I had somehow missed – which reminded me of someone I loved and have dearly missed for many years I learned much of what I know about how to write by reading English writers of the 17th and 18th …
Read MoreA round-up of this week’s nonsense
Crazy budget frolics, inspirational hogwash – and a magazine with a clueless editor I don’t know why, but a strange tide of lassitude washed over me last week. The normal torrent of stupid advertising afflicted me. The normal flood of …
Read MoreToilet advertising. Does Blackberry hope this will do the trick? And am I changing sex?
Walk down any street. Open any magazine. Watch TV. Do these people have any idea what they’re doing? They get paid for it. Why? This little masterpiece is at North End Road Market, Fulham, famed for its distinct shortage of …
Read MoreSecret of how to acquire your most precious business asset – absolutely free
And why most employment agencies are utterly useless – if not worse. Plus how to get millions. Really. Years ago John Smale, retired head of Proctor and Gamble, was asked what he thought was their most important asset. He said it …
Read MoreAge and treachery …
A variation on a an oldie – but none the worse for that The older I get the more I like the idea that age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill – but here’s a neat variation found …
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