Predatory Thinking
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- 22/05/2013
- Hollywood often makes films about nuclear bombs. How someone got hold of one and is threatening a city. These films aren’t usually very scary because we all know it didn’t happen. ...
- JUST HOW DUMB ARE WE?
- 20/05/2013
- HOW DUMB ARE WE? A few days ago I got an email asking if I wanted to be on a Channel 4 documentary about advertising. Apparently the government is worried about all the expected Bulgarian immigrants next year. ...
- IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
- 15/05/2013
- When my son was very small he asked me about death. We were driving along on a sunny day. Suddenly the concept hit him with the weight of a cartoon anvil. I heard his little voice from the back seat say “Daddy, I don’t want to die”. ...
- DIFFERENTIATE OR DIE
- 13/05/2013
- Gordon Smith didn’t go to art school. He started at 16 as a runner in an ad agency. Then he managed to get a job in the studio, then a junior art director, then senior art director, then head of art, then creative director. ...
- TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A WRIGHT
- 08/05/2013
- A while back, Robin Wight was involved in a project that needed some careful public relations handling. The most influential man in this area is Alan Parker, founder and chairman of Brunswick PR. ...
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Recently, Trevor Beattie decided Creative Circle should honour the late Ron Collins. He even arranged a table for Ron’s family and friends. I was sitting between Ron’s son, Damon, and Damon’s daughter, Gigi. She is a beautiful little girl, …
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