Category: What maketh the man
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I rarely post about my children. Let's be honest, I rarely post these days at all. Anyway, since the last World Cup, my nine year old has developed an obsession with football. This is a good thing, despite the fact football has never been one of my favourite sports. Suddenly, when I get home from…
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So I'm working in a new place with a heritage in PR. I know what you're thinking, probably this: That's mostly my experience too. But not all PR folk are like that, and they're not here. It's funny really, you can't move for all sorts of integrated agencies banging on about influencing culture, mind…
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If there's one good thing about modern culture, it's that it's a lot more open. Age isn't the barrier to stuff like it once was (it's a good thing since I'm 44 and I'm passed being useful in the eyes of 1990 ad agencies), diversity if becoming more a reality and less of an idea.…
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So decided to actually take a lunch break and stroll around town for an hour. I find it funny that certain London strategy departments believe this is actually 'a thing'. Going out and mixing with people rather than sitting at your desk. It's not that you notice anything ground-breakingly new, it's just that when you…
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So decided to actually take a lunch break and stroll around town for an hour. I find it funny that certain London strategy departments believe this is actually 'a thing'. Going out and mixing with people rather than sitting at your desk. It's not that you notice anything ground-breakingly new, it's just that when you…
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So I haven't bored folks with stuff about my children for a while, I'be just bored people with blatherings about the day job. My girl is 6 and my boy is 8 years old now, they are growing up in front of my eyes. I can honestly say I loved them as babies and also…
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This is my favourite ad, or content if you will. I was 13 or 14 when it came out, playing team tennis. I loved playing, I viscerally hated the culture in British tennis.Wear white, follow the rules, juniors always make way for seniors on the court and, worst of all, in lessons and team…
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It's good being in a job that's about people. What is more interesting than the wonderful, scary, frustrating, contradictory human race? The ones in real life, not the pen portraits I mean. It's also a constant challenge because while basic human behaviour, tech and stuff means that the culture ad folks are really competing with…
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I was a competitive swimmer for 7 hard years. I started at 8 and foolishly decided as a teenager I'd had enough, only to regret it many years later. I never stopped training and there was a wonderful period at University when I raced again, and then it was fun to rediscover what my body…
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So we went to stay with Mum and Dad in Cornwall last week. I always treasure these times. Mum and Dad are getting on, when you begin to realise they won't be around forever, you make the most of the time that little bit more. It's one thing to become a parent, or have a…
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