Politics
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Coronavirus: is there a brighter side for brands?
By Archie Heaton Let’s get the obvious out of the way first – Coronavirus is bad. In fact, as someone…
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It’s a Covid-19 Mother’s Day but at least Billy Bragg hits the right note
Mother’s Day is said to have been invented by Hallmark Cards in 1920 but this manufactured event has taken on…
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Bill Gates got there first with Covid-19
You can only take so much Covid-19, life has to go on somehow after all. But one thing it’s safe…
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Covid-19 set to blitz global adspend – but over-reliance on big events is self-inflicted
It’s pretty clear that the world economy will slide into recession this year (some definitions of recession are less than…
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Time for Johnson’s UK government to cut the PR games and level with people over Covid-19
Sometimes it’s better just to give people the news straight. Here’s Ministry of Defence Spokesman Ian McDonald in 1982 on…
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UK premier Boris Johnson fluffs his lines over COVID-19
I caught up belatedly with Boris Johnson revealing the outcome of his (somewhat delayed) Cobra emergency cabinet committee meeting, when…
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UK gears up for international ads drive in Export Month
Advertising is one of the UK’s most successful exports so it’s likely to be needed in Boris Johnson’s brave new…
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BETC hacks Instagram to track down missing people
There are some booming activities in these straightened times, unfortunately people trafficking is one of them. According to UN data…
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Nick Bailey of futurefactor: why Pride still needs rebels for a risky cause
The days are at last getting longer, birds are singing in the trees, the first buds of spring are nosing…
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