The short follow-on to that is, not much. He was courageous to a point far beyond the foolhardy. I am a craven coward. He made history; I make a pretty good Coq au Vin. But in one respect we have …
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Used tampons, gay kisses for the kiddies … Rembrandt and Dickens, how sadly limited your imaginations were!
With what joy in the future I shall never see will our descendants rediscover the great art of the 21st century! Can you even begin to picture how many incoherent academic essays will try to unearth the roots of the …
Read MoreFinally, finally, the advertising mooncalves catch up with reality
The New York Times has a slogan, “All the news that’s fit to print”, and they aren’t kidding. The paper is a literary expression of the world’s most overweight society. You need a forklift truck to pick it up. (We’re …
Read MoreThings in today’s news that made me laugh
1. Proof that the best Irish jokes always come from the Irish: A Paddy Power TV spot with a blind footballer kicking a cat across a pitch got more complaints than any other ad in the last year. Well fancy …
Read MoreAsinine, inept rubbish from the Royal Mail – or Royal Cock-up
The other day I read that people in what is laughingly misnamed public service get about 43% more in pay and pensions than ordinary people like you and me. Our reward for subsidising them is that they plan to make …
Read MorePollution alert! The Bliar is on his way to Auckland … Reduce – Reuse – Recycle
It’s 25 years since I first had the chance to visit New Zealand. Glorious food and wine, spectacular scenery, hospitable folk – I only wish I could go more often, but it’s so far from everywhere that I rarely do. …
Read MoreShould you trust a man who can’t tell you what day it is?
This is almost unforgivable-but a delegate from South Africa has just told me I put the wrong date for the copywriting seminar on my blog yesterday. This is academic because the thing is sold out. However, it is 20th June, …
Read MoreSo how SHOULD you choose an agency?
Having got that bit of spleen about pitching off my teeny little concave chest, you may wonder how you should choose an agency. This is what I think. Do your research. Look out for work you like that has got …
Read MoreHow NOT to choose an agency: a beginner’s guide
I have been fortunate over the years to have hired quite a few very able people whom I mention occasionally in these blatherings. This is mock modesty, actually. I am bloody good at hiring them, maybe because I decided long …
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