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I remember so many bad ads from childhood. Take the Vortex one, where a woman visits a “bleach lab” and asks a boffin with a Petri dish and a weird voice which one performed best, “S’Vortex” he says. My brother ...

How are we to assess the fortunes – and management – of the big ad holding companies over the next few months? Companies of all shapes and sizes are set to struggle with the Covid-19 outbreak of course, with a ...

Design agency TW Creative has been putting out these pastiche posters over the last couple of weeks, updating the messaging as the Covid-19 crisis develops. Outdoor was a powerful medium before social isolating came into force, but for now social ...

The BBC’s doing its bit of help us through the crisis with four vintage clips advising us to stay at home. Politely in the case of Miranda. Less so with Alastair Campbell, sorry Peter Capaldi’s Malcolm Tucker from The Thick ...

Renault from 1986 by McCormick Publicis They really don’t make them like this any more – a little drama in 60 seconds. Beautiful craft in the writing and production, perfectly cast, with believable characters and a wryly amusing twist in ...

In the current times it is more important than ever to find moments of joy, so I have specifically chosen the three ads that, no matter how many times I watch them, make me smile and remind me of the ...

In times of crisis as we are seeing with the Covid-19 pandemic, brands are wondering how to best invest their marketing efforts and which decisions will positively or negatively affect their business and reputations. Some things go without saying, like ...

WPP CEO Mark Read gave some insight into what it’s like running WPP at a time of crisis while speaking at a digital “ThinkIn” session with James Harding, the former BBC news chief (and Times editor) who now runs “slow ...

BMW’s Mini is reportedly looking for an agency to handle a new global campaign, another sign of the extraordinary growth of a brand once all but forgotten by the Brits (who invented it.) Mind you, today’s “Minis” are the size ...