Northern Planner is venturing down side to Cornwall. Back in a week and a half.

.. so it’s good job that Scamp has kindly fallen for my cunning ruse and posted the ten things creatives want to know when they start in a new place. Brilliant clues for bribery that I would never ever stoop to… Response To Andrew Andrew said…Good luck to both of you. What are the things…

Here’s a great post from Carol on the value of good research. So good I’ve nothing to add, just read it, and enjoy the other stuff on the site too. I love the dry, slightly bemused  way this blog is written. A joy.

No one likes being dumped, but on the other hand it might mean you meet the partner of your dreams. The Guardian from yesterday has found a silver lining to current nightmare people are having in airports: " Aren’t you secretly thrilled at the new see-through bag and ‘keys, ticket and passport only’ regime? No…

Trawling through shots for the previous post, I found this from my Mum’s house.That’s me in the middle of my nephews. We’re staying with them in St Ives next week. I also found this picture of my Mum’s cherry peel cake. There’s nothing like tastes like home. And here’s some shots of Tate St Ives.…

Terry asked for a post holiday report on the Eden Project following on from this post. We’ve decided not to go next week since it gets really busy in summer, but here’s some stuff from last time. Eden project  is place to explore plants in their natural environment. There are two biotherms, one temperate, one…

In my last job they were kind enough to send me on a time management course. Most of it was the impractical stuff you would expect from people who have never had a proper job (lock other people out if they’re late for a meeting, wear a stupid ‘I’m busy’ hat if you don’t want…

As the media gets more fragmented, agencies outside London have a big chance of seizing the initiative since they’ve been nimble, media neutral and multi-skilled for years. But there’s a big reason why it probably won’t happen, and it’s boring media planners. While there’s a big conversation going on about the consumer’s increasing ability to…

I’ve being doing some reading on unfortunate accidents. Here’s a few reasons to be extra careful in the UK: Every year, over 2,500 people are killed through using right handed products. on average, 100 people a year choke to death using a ball point pen. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne…

Weekend stag do in North Wales. No fancy trips abroad or anything, just a cottage in the middle of nowhere.   Climbed a mountain. Had a cup of tea (Yorkshire Tea of course). Had a barbeque. Late night drinking around a campfire. Whitewater rafting to clear the head (and the bowels).