One of the best things about a photography studio in the office is that it’s a nice quiet place to sit people down for some quick one to one research. I was reminded today is that there’s no such thing as one homogenised mass market. Even for number ones. This is nothing new of course,…

It’s been found that placebo takers  with Parkinsons’s disease secreted dopamine, the very neuro transimitter they’re short on. BUT only if they’d had positive experiences with some form of medicine beforehand. In other words, if you expect something to be good, it usually ends up that way. That’s been the trick with so many no…

Heres an amazing picture of the super rare blue flash, just seconds before sunset. You’ll find more like this at  Earth Science Picture of the Day.

This article continues the discussion about our selfish future started by The Henley Centre. It seems that most people will be selfish if they think they can get away with it. Thanks to the internet, living alone more and other stuff, people are becoming more anonymous than ever before  and feel able to get away…

The Tate Gallery in St Ives is giving out these empty story boards to kids. Within the four frames, they can create pictures to tell their own story. The best that get returned will get displayed in the gallery.They also do Sunday workshops for parents and children. Next Sunday it’s pottery.What a great understanding of…

This mirthless,lazy, generalising ad got me a little perturbed. Why is it OK to perpetuate the myth that creatives are a bunch of bad tempered gangsters that will maim anyone with the temerity to offer an opinion? Most creatives are great to work with, yes, there is minority of bullies out there, but there’s also…

I’ve been reading an old biography of John McEnroe (Taming the Talent by Richard Evans, very good) one of the most competitive sportsmen ever. Apparently he never forgave Borg for retiring -it was never as interesting after that and he didn’t have anyone spurring him on anymore. Senna v Prost, Apple v IBM, Eastenders v…

The Oxo family was one of the ad campaigns I used to love – a story about a family where all the scenes take place at the dinner table. Times have changed, so Oxo’s latest campaign tries to persuade familes to actually get together in the first place. On the face of it it seems…

I love Advergirl’s blog. This is one of the most useful bits of advice I’ve seen in ages – take a look at what you could have done differently before you blame others. It’s easy to forget…. Even more votes since it’s nice to able to get a female point of view in an overly…

  So what’s good about being older then? Here’s 10 thoughts that may be useful. 1. You’ve had the chance to learn from a lot of mistakes – this means you’ll make less from now on and appreciate what they can teach you when they still occur from time to time. 2. You’ve gone through…