Politics

This is rough viewing: the Cannes Lions Film Craft Grand Prix winner ‘Hope’ for the International Committee of the Red Cross by Sra. Rushmore and Blur films. A father takes his wounded daughter to hospital but that’s been blitzed too. ...

Cannes Lions has begun cranking out the awards winners with AMV BBDO’s Trash Isles with LADBible and The Plastic Oceans Foundation winning the Grand Prix for Design (and it may win in other categories too); Corruption Detector from Grey Brazil ...

By Jane Austin in Cannes Were there any deliberate parallels that were being drawn between Michael Wolff’s description of the ascent of US president Donald Trump and the demise of advertising’s own Sun King Sir Martin Sorrell in the Cannes ...

The Advertising Standards Authority is having to fight its corner more and more these days, as the obesity crisis and #MeToo bring many of the issues facing society – and therefore advertising – into the spotlight. As the nation gets ...

‘Symphony of Violence’ from creative collective Unlockers is part of a project to break Brazil’s apparent inertia about violent crime, with someone murdered every ten minutes, 850,000 over the past 15 years. So the film replicates the shots fired for ...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is proposing a ban on advertising for all products that are high in fat, salt and sugar from London’s transport network. Khan argues that the obesity crisis in the UK warrants such drastic measures. Coca-Cola and ...

James Murphy hinted that adam&eveDDB could open in China during an Advertising Association breakfast last week. The founding partner described China as “tantalizing,” and suggested that a partnership with a local agency would be the best way in, partly due ...

If you find yourself in a Havas office – or any part of Vincent Bolloré’s far flung empire which includes Vivendi as well as African logistics giant Bolloré Group – don’t mention the words Bell Pottinger. Bell Pottinger was the ...

Facebook’s revenues are going through the roof – nearly $12bn in the first quarter Of 2018 (49 per cent up year on year) – 91 per cent of it via mobile. This when founder Mark Zuckerberg has been hauled before ...