“The January joggers were still out in force in March this year, collectively escaping the monotony of lockdown which had itself been described as a marathon and not a sprint.” Delighted to have my first short story published by Fairlight Books this week! It’s a story about addiction, running and redundancy called ‘Hammered’. Click here … Continue reading The writer
Go your own way
I was in my mother’s womb on my first trip to Europe as my parents honeymooned in Paris in the summer of 1978. The UK had joined the European Community five years earlier celebrating with a fanfare of cultural events and, of course, football. My mother often said she should have been French (usually when … Continue reading Go your own way
Lean on me
Dear NHS, The Jones family had written this year off because of the pandemic. We’d kept ourselves to ourselves in the main and clapped for you during lockdown, but left you to do your thing not expecting to call on you unless one of us caught the virus in a serious way. Then one bright, … Continue reading Lean on me
Something changed
When we entered the new decade there was no way of knowing what was in store for 2020. Something changed and it changed for everyone at the same time...
There goes the fear
I started 2020 with anxiety about my health, back when Covid-19 was a low priority news item from a faraway place...
The chain
According to the Office for National Statistics, UK merger & acquisition activity has increased significantly this year.
Feeling good
Across all age groups never before have we marketed so much what it means to be well. Marketing and advertising the wellbeing of people, buildings, workplaces, public spaces and our local communities has moved from niche to mainstream.
Feel it still
Quant was a game changer for women’s fashion; innovatively expressing feminism through new clothing products that were easy to move in, dance in, expressive and joyful to wear.
Ashes
‘Ashes’ by Embrace was adopted as the official Reading FC song in 2014 and we hear it belted out, several times, every time we go....
Connection
Creative connection with a target audience is the holy grail of marketing campaigns yet it’s not always clear how ‘the vital connection is made’...
I heard it through the grapevine
The UK Government is running a consultation on proposals to introduce legal measures to regulate social media companies, as it wants to take better action against harmful content...
Whippin’ Piccadilly
Northern band Gomez’s song about a student day out in Manchester coincided with me being a student at the University of Sheffield at the end of the 1990s...
