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- NOT SO SMART BOMB
- 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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ENERGY BEATS TALENT
In 1942, Montgomery took over the Eighth Army. They were disillusioned, demoralised, defeated. They’d just been kicked all the way across North Africa by Rommel. They were just waiting for the inevitable final defeat. Montgomery arrived with a simple …
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