Tag Archives: Paul Simons

Last week Fallon held a reunion party at the legendary Star & Garter based on a) it has been a long standing venue for agency knees-ups and b) it was a walk down memory lane for the Fallon crew as ...

(The following will only make sense to readers in the UK, apologies to the rest of the world) I decided to make a trip in to London from my home in the countryside and after thinking about travel options decided ...

It is never uplifting news to lose a major client and in M&C Saatchi’s case the NatWest loss cannot be helpful. They need to win a few decent names plus get some decent creative work out there in the public ...

I was wondering what is going on at Specsavers after seeing some sponsorship idents several times and thinking how awful they were: a full 180 degrees from their often award winning standard. They have been an internal creative department hiring ...

The merging of two entities such as Wunderman and JWT is causing disruption in the industry with, like Brexit, those in support and those who think it is all madness. The long held opinion is the two cultures do not ...

If we could stand back from the world and look backwards and forwards we might get a clearer perspective of what is happening in the world of advertising and marketing; to some not a particularly worthy consideration for intelligent people ...

The latest extravaganza from John Lewis/Waitrose courtesy of adam&eve/DDB I sense has a philosophical thread running through it for both the client and the agency. The line at the end “When you’re part of it, you put your heart in ...

It is a rare and pleasant moment when a TV spot breaks through the clutter of creative wallpaper with a storming piece of excellence. Audi does it with its  latest ‘Clowns’ ad from BBH which, to my shame, I’ve only ...

The various comments regarding the profligacy of Cannes declining seemed far-fetched from our short car journey yesterday evening. We had taken our dogs for a run on the beach at Port Gallice, in the bay next to the large bay ...