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 …
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Since 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 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 MoreA strange sad feeling: part of my life gone for ever …
This will mean nothing to you unless you love jazz, but Johnny Dankworth has died. He was Sir John Dankworth, actually – one of the few who deserved that honour amongst the plethora of thieving bankers, big business graspers and …
Read MoreAnother change from all that stuff about marketing
Stop if you’re read it before. It’s a touching story about the bond formed between a little girl and a group of building workers. It really makes you want to believe in the goodness of people and that there is …
Read MoreA little Antipodean humour: Bundy Rum and King Brown
My esteemed Aussie colleague Malcolm Auld sent me this. Bundy Rum – Bundaberg Rum – is Queensland’s famous product. Forget Jamaica or all that other stuff. A King Brown is one of the deadliest snakes on earth. Out of the …
Read MoreCan’t count, can’t organise – and exceedingly unpleasant, too. Yes, it’s the Brutish McToad
It is nearly twenty years since a BBC driver told me that of all the people he had had to ferry back and forth, Brown – then in opposition where he should have stayed – was among the most obnoxious …
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