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Another classic from the Daily Mash

GOVERNMENT TO MONITOR ONE TRILLION COCK PILL EMAILS THE government has outlined plans to monitor all of Britain’s email traffic, covering everything from penis enlargement to Lindsey Lohan straddling a Labrador. The only internet traffic exempt will be Ministry of …

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A Day in the Life

I have been reading the Diaries of James Lees-Milne on and off for decades. Every page contains something funny or surprising.They are, I think, the best diaries since Samuel Pepys – and maybe even better. They run from the 1940’s …

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Today’s quiz

When I first started speaking in public I used to stand up and talk my head off – rather like a politician really. Then eventually some kind soul said, “Would you make it a little more interactive, please?” Well, I …

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The Bliar at it again

I quote without comment from “The Oldie” newsletters – an offspring of that excellent magazine, which you don’t have to be as senile as me to enjoy. “Although he has been a Roman Catholic only for a year or so, …

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Where do fish rot from? The head.

Twenty years or so ago I used to do the direct marketing for the Royal Mint. Even after so many years of service to the country, Prince Philip shows little sign of slowing down. He undertook more than 350 engagements …

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Cheers, Rod

Back in December 1985, I ran (or tried not to interfere in other people running) Britain’s biggest direct marketing agency. We were being courted by many of the big groups – I think we had conversations with eight of the …

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