I was watching Tristan and Isolde last night. An okay film about Dark Ages English tribes at war with each other instead of uniting against the ruling Irish. While I’ll have to check my history books for the veracity of the plot line (isn’t the real legend something to do with King Arthur of Excalibur…

Stu’s been threatening to start a blog but I can’t persuade him to make the leap. In the meantime he’s decided to see if he can run 10K in 40 minutes, looks like he’s been influenced by my grasping at youth swim challenge.

I was in London on Monday for that pitch (No time to catch up with any London bloggers I’m afraid). Thankfully it went fine and we’re through to the final stage. We didn’t do finished executions, we showed them their voice, what they should feel like. It worked a treat. There wasn’t a traditional creative…

The annoying thing about writers is the way they make it look so easy, curse them. You’ll need no introduction to Scamp of course, but if you can bear witnessing someone else making it look like a doddle, have a look at find One Woman Running’s blog here. She hasn’t won a D&AD yet but…

Very busy today, so a fuller report on last night’s planning together will have to wait. It was fun and here’s some questions to ponder in the meantime: 1. Should Famous Rob’s weakness for  Cointreau preclude him getting that job? 2. What did James mean when likened himself, Rob and I to Ricky Gervais, Stephen…

Fitting garb when talking about creative work

Andy’s sent me this limited edition silk screen print. The first thing I did was show everyone in the office. Hope the art directors give him a shout soon. Word of mouth marketing? Probably. Generosity? For sure.

My second name is Hovells. It never get’s pronounced right. Usually people say it to rhyme with hobbles, but sometimes I get something that sounds like go-wells. Thanks to Cafe Press, this should help. Got a pitch on Monday (lovely weekend- not). For quite a while I’ve stuck to my lucky pitch clothes- all black.…

Third Northern Planning Summit tonight in Arts Cafe. After reading Russell’s ‘coffee and over the world’ post, it’s good to know we’re not alone (even though we may be drinking something other than coffee). It may have been started with planners, but anyone who wants to come is welcome. We learned a few things from…

The ever mysterious, likeable and wise (he even manages to challenge the omnipotent Russell) is celebrating his 100th post. You’ve probably got some favourite posts of your own, but apart from the debate with Russell, I’m liking the appreciation for the much maligned suits. Something planners would do well to copy I reckon.