The Future Foundation has found that in Europe, luxury is no longer reserved for the selected few. A certain level of material wealth is within the reach of more people (half of the UK think they can afford to splash out), so luxury is less about flashy names and more about ‘me time’. Instead of…

Went to a wedding at the weekend. The evening do was fancy dress, I’m the pathetic Baywatch character in the middle. Her indoors was the quickest draw in the west. The smaller Dark Lord of the Sith beat the bigger one in a lightsabre duel. Thankfully The Jedi were on hand to protect us from…

Once opon a time I used to swim competitively and I thought I was pretty good. One summer I was in America and this smug kid from Wisconsin not only beat me without really drawing much breath, he had time to wave. It reminds me of then story of Mozart and Salieri. Salieri was a…

Books about design, advertising etc are probably not the best places to find something new, since you’ll only end up doing the same as everyone else. Isn’t more useful to find stuff that has nothing to do with it? Like this piece of graffiti. I have no idea what this means, but it strikes me…

Here’s a film we’ve done for ChildLine to celebrate their 20th Birthday. I’ve never been a fan of spoof’s but it seemed to work for this. Even if you hate it, I’d be grateful if you could spread the word – it’s for charity after all.

Scott from my office is very good at his PR job, but in spite of this his blog is great. 

Just been uploading pictures from our holiday at the end of last month- it seems like an eternity ago now.  We had ten days staying with my Mum and Dad in St Ives – basically drinking, eating and sleeping. Is there anything better than a deckchair by a warm sunny beach?……. … with tea from…

Apparently, there’s a record numbers of young males joining feminist organisations. Observers find it hard to agree exactly why, but I wonder if it’s a reflection of less inclination for young men to follow (in some quarters) traditional male stereotypes. I was listening to ‘If I was your girlfried’ by Prince the other day.The song…

Over the M62 for Wednesday’s pitch. A joy as usual. It’s as if someone was doing everything possible to keep  Yorkshire from Lancashire. Probably a good thing.

I was talking to someone the other day who has been on a creative awards judging panel. He brought to light the mutual dislike shared by creatives and designers. I was amazed when he said that design work had been judged seperately from advertising – the ad people thought designers didn’t have a clue about…