I clicked on this link on an impulse last week after seeing it on a friend’s Twitter feed. This in itself was an odd thing for me to do. I don’t tend to click Continue reading >
When I started out as a sports coach (long ago), I quickly realised that being a good player didn’t necessarily translate into being a good coach. The older, and perhaps wiser, I became the Continue reading >
Stuck at Grenoble Airport, with an unspecified delay to our flight. We were issued a letter from Monarch Airlines stating a technical problem with the plane, and one ‘meal’ voucher each, which could be Continue reading >
I’ve been lucky enough to work in the videogames industry for five years, basically the latter half of my career in PR so far. In a game of two halves, the second half has Continue reading >
Last week a fellow PR person wrote on an exhibition’s Facebook page that we manage: “Oh my, it’s not till you need to deal with exhibitions in other industries you appreciate how fab you Continue reading >
On Saturday morning, I watched Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin savage George Entwistle from the BBC Breakfast sofa. With every additional question, Mr Entwistle looked – and sounded – more annoyed, frustrated, tired, angry and at Continue reading >
I love Grand Theft Auto. Since the top-down original I have been smitten with its overblown, ridiculously cool universe. Yes, it’s a bit violent. It’s crossed some ‘boundaries’. People who simply don’t get videogames, Continue reading >
Last week I watched in awe as the perennial poppy PR machine cranked into action once more. Nationwide broadcast, print and online coverage was secured. Newsreaders, TV presenters and celebrities all wore their poppies Continue reading >
Truly you would have to have spent the last three months living in a sensory deprivation tank not to have noticed that the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall, is released this week. Happily released Continue reading >
Last night I was glued to my TV screen for five minutes watching a fuzzy little white blot on a very blurred grey background. X Factor and Strictly producers take note because, believe it Continue reading >
What is the point of apologising? I don’t mean personal pleas for forgiveness between two people – I’m sorry I didn’t let you know, Sorry I forgot your birthday, etc. I mean these corporate, Continue reading >
The annual Labour party conference is in Manchester this week and the focus of the weekend’s news programmes seemed to be not so much on policy but on personality, specifically whether Ed Milliband has Continue reading >
Twitter can be a cruel mistress, especially if you tell her how to start a sentence. Invariably, even within the confines of 140 characters, it will end badly. However, after some lively discussion in Continue reading >
Oscar Pistorius is and has been for a while, the poster boy of the Paralympics. Affectionately named the blade runner, Pistorius is one of those rare athletes who transcend his sport, in line with Continue reading >
I must admit I was a bit, hmm, whatever, about the Paralympics. I loved the Olympics so much I just didn’t think I had enough emotion –or time – left for round two. It Continue reading >
As the Republican party gathers in Tampa to anoint Mitt Romney, Frank Luntz the American pollster, has declared that the race is too close to call. His observation is that this election, more than Continue reading >
If ever you needed proof of the bubble we’ve all been living in during London 2012 it came this morning when no one in the office had a clue who had won the Charity Continue reading >
I recently read that there’s a townhouse in Washington that is kept for the exclusive use of ex Presidents of the United States. Their home-from-home whilst in the capitol, and place to meet and Continue reading >
London-based PR and communications agency Bastion has been appointed by the British Toy & Hobby Association to run the campaign for Toy Fair. The appointment follows a four-way pitch. Bastion was the incumbent agency, Continue reading >
Yesterday morning I watched the Olympic torch make its way up Caledonian Road in north London. I have to admit I didn’t initially buy into the buzz surrounding the relay, but yesterday, at 8.03am Continue reading >
The Olympics has to protect its sponsors. It is a line we’ve heard for the past six months from the powers that be. Many have been outraged with the recent interview the BBC did Continue reading >
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has never been a popular figure in the UK, the phone-tapping scandal and News International’s print practices have worsened matters considerably. Less directly, I’ve often wondered what Sky’s ‘rebooting’ of Continue reading >
You may have cringed and fumed each time Liz Jones’ latest pompous outpouring was published online, and you probably lambasted the Daily Mail for giving her a platform to speak in the first place, Continue reading >
I’m about to do something that we advise clients on a regular basis not to do. And after reading this you’ll probably think quite rightly so, but sometimes you’ve just got to get something off Continue reading >
The ticket allocation system doesn’t work properly. G4S has screwed up. The Olympic lanes are causing traffic jams. A coach taking athletes to the Olympic Park got lost. It’s raining. These reports about the Continue reading >
In PR Week’s latest podcast (article here) a couple of industry experts lament the lack of development in the area of measuring ‘what PR does’. One says, ‘The PR industry’s job is to influence Continue reading >
England fans wake up today, heartbroken at watching their national side crash out of another major football championship to dreaded penalties. Not since the quarter final against Spain at Euro 96 has England won Continue reading >
The first point to make here is that I’m not being critical of the movie — any critique would be pointless as I haven’t actually seen it yet. And that, in actuality, is the Continue reading >
Looking forward to E3 next week, the annual digital jamboree that takes place in Los Angeles and celebrates all things games related. E3 has been on a roller coaster over the past few years Continue reading >
You’d have to have been in a coma for the last seven years to not know the Olympic Games are heading to London this summer. They’re bloomin’ everywhere. The PR campaign, which went into Continue reading >
