Politics
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Canada’s Cossette tries to sharpen up charity Amnesty International
Agencies tend to do good work for charities and (let’s be polite) less good work for businesses – while they…
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Here’s how Google Glass works – it’s like wearing a Drone on your head!
That’s what Michael Chertoff, former US Secretary of Homeland Security and now a consultant, told CNN anyway. Which may be…
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The Chinese arrive in UK marcoms land as Blue Focus buys a fifth of quoted PR outfit Huntsworth
First up Huntsworth boss Lord Chadlington (Peter Gummer as was) says he wanted to buy leading Chinese PR firm Blue…
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Advertising takes one of its periodic trips into the spotlight – but does it really matter that much?
With a new series of Mad Men on our screens and the death of Margaret Thatcher (indelibly attached to the…
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Glaxo and Grey go global with glucose, apple bites JWT while anti-gun lobby pleads with the deaf
***Grey London has just produced a new global campaign for Lucozade; ‘Powered by Glucose.’ Well it makes the point (and…
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Paddy Power and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un home in on the Stadium of Light
There’s no such thing as good taste where Paddy Power is concerned and the Irish turf accountant has excelled himself…
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Is new boss Tony Hall turning the BBC into the Right Wing Broadcasting Corporation?
New bosses (director-generals as they quaintly call them) don’t get an easy ride at the BBC and newly-installed DG (Lord)…
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Why shouldn’t we ban advertising to children?
Before you stifle a yawn, there seems to be a considerable head of steam building up (in the UK at…
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Why former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was UK adland’s greatest patron
One doesn’t want to be parochial about these events – we’re reminded of issues of far more moment than the…
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