Tag Archives: Paul Simons

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 ...

WPP acquired Ogilvy & Mather in 1989, 29 years ago which is a long time in advertising. David Ogilvy died ten years later aged 88. My guess is he stepped down from the leadership role once he had banked the ...

From time to time I think the wider advertising world shoots itself in both feet, mostly due to self importance reasons. The current trend of the ‘chief’ prefix to job titles is the latest. This is spreading like a forest ...

Martin Sorrell deciding to call it a day isn’t so surprising despite the gossip about the internal investigation. Can’t believe he dipped in to the Farm Street office tea money or was doing a Harvey with the interns. For me ...

On May 26 this year a major cat will be released amongst the feeding pigeons. It goes by the name of GDPR or the General Data Protection Regulation, and it applies EU wide including the UK. In a nutshell it ...

The editor asked me if I could write an opinion piece on this year’s crop of Christmas advertising on TV, something I have been circumspect about for a few weeks. Not like me as I have jumped in over recent ...

When David Cameron became PM the outgoing Labour team left a note in the Treasury that said “There’s no money left.” What short memories we have and also how history gets re-written so quickly. Labour have a reputation for consistently ...