They’re on sale round the corner. Really. I’m not kidding. You probably thought all agitated, thinking I had sunk to flogging something you get in porn shops, didn’t you? But there’s a place round the corner from me on the …
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A slight change of gear for the weekend … my son’s party band. Give it time to play – and see what you think
I guess this comes either under the heading of “something entirely different” or favouritism. It’s a rough edit of a promo for a ’60’s retro band called The Word. I’m totally biased, but I think it’s pretty good, don’t you? …
Read More“A thousand apologies, Oh Effendi”
In the adventure books I devoured by the shedload when I was a kid that line that was always delivered by people like camel drivers in exotic lands … Anyhow, it’s my way of apologising for putting up a dodgy …
Read More“A thousand aplogies, Oh Effendi”
In the adventure books I devoured by the shedload when I was a kid that line that was always delivered by people like camel drivers in exotic lands … Anyhow, it’s my way of apologising for putting up a dodgy …
Read MoreSince a few of you asked … more David Ogilvy CORRECTION
I have very mixed feelings about this, to be honest. The reason is the man in the picture. More about him in a moment. A week or so ago I mentioned the day I walked into our office in Bombay …
Read MoreAs one gets bolder, priorities become rather different
A friend sent me this grand piece of advertising, possibly recalling how hard I found it to write some funeral insurance stuff last year, and hoping it might activate the good fairy of inspiration. Another thoughtful soul reminded me of …
Read MoreIs the grotesque Toad really a violent, unhinged bully who hits his staff?
It is about 15 years since I wrote a piece about The McFuhrer’s true character, as revealed to me when he was still in opposition by a BBC chauffeur. Now he has had to go on TV to deny that …
Read MoreHelp – or maybe not – for all those people who say, “I’ve always wanted to write”
It have been writing for a living for over 50 years now. Books, scripts, letters, websites, presentations, speeches, commercials, articles – you name it, I’ve done it, often badly, but usually well enough to get published. I find it is …
Read MoreSomeone really WAS late for their own funeral – and other titbits
Why should I be the only one to fill this space with instances of the fatuous, deluded and downright loopy? So thank you, Noel Hawkes for this picture of a hearse being taken off the streets by one of the …
Read MoreFatal mismatches that kill brands: an important lesson
The Spectator is one of the oldest, most respected journals of opinion in the world. I was a subscriber for many years, and even wrote a report on how to improve their marketing for the publisher some 20 years ago. …
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