New music: Jesca Hoop - Stonechild
One of my 2019 top picks from someone I'd not come across before despite this being her 6th album: Stonechild by Jesca Hoop. Who, pop...
top of page
Blog
Things I've been writing about
Search
Buying mattresses online may be convenient but it's not good for the environment
The explosion in online mattress businesses has been one of the internet success stories of recent years. But what, on the face of it,...
Brand purpose bullshit
New Natwest Chief Exec on R4: "we have a new purpose which is to build a bank that is purpose-led". Followed by some vaguely generic...
Microsoft aim to be carbon negative by 2030
I'd seen the headlines on this but not read the detail. And it's well worth it. Because where most countries/companies are fannying...
How can both electric car sales and car emissions be growing?
Seems counter intuitive yes? But in 2019 sales of electric cars doubled in the UK, which is good news. Yet car-related emissions...
Our economic and social system is broken
So says the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer. Just a shame we don't seem to be listening.
Good reads: Stolen by Grace Blakeley
Saw Grace Blakeley speak at a festival last summer and she was pretty inspiring. Stolen is her first book and definitely worth picking...
Katie Hopkins wins Campaign to Unify the Nation Trophy
With apologies for the language, but if like me you are feeling a little down on this Brexit day here is something to cheer you up: Katie...
Ryan Reynolds' Super Bowl stunt
When he’s not being Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds also owns/runs a number of businesses. Alongside a production company and, just announced, an...
New music: Pip Blom - Boat
Straight out of Holland (and with a nod, if a bit rockier, to the 80s vibe of the Primitives and Darling Buds), Boat is the debut album...
The beginning of the beginning of the end for performance marketing?
Maybe it’s too soon to say. And will never be that absolute in reality. But there were significant announcements recently from two of the...
Why is YouTube Broadcasting Climate Misinformation to Millions?
In their 2019 environmental report, Google stated that "climate change is one of the most significant global challenges of our time, and...
The fallacy of economic strength
Powerful words from Bobby Kennedy, way back in 1968, on the fallacy of pursuing economic 'strength' when that strength is based on...
Doomsday: 100 seconds to midnight
As we worry about whatever it is we worry about in our work, the “doomsday clock” has moved forward to 100 seconds to midnight, the...
Will lab grown food save the world?
With the food we eat contributing 26% of global carbon emissions, will emerging 'lab grown' tech save the world? George Monbiot is at the...
Young's Seafood: Masters of Fish
With the experience that comes from more than 200 years specialisation, no one is better placed to master fish than the Masters of Fish...
New music special: best of 2019
I bought 23 new releases in 2019. By definition I like them all or I wouldn't have parted with the cash. But keeping with the end of the...
Top bosses earn equivalent of average salary in just 33 hours
5PM on Janurary 6th. That's when a FTSE 100 CEO will have earned as much as the typical worker makes in year, according to the High Pay...
For Goodness Shakes: Awkward Shake
How to make a brand famous with no media spend? Poke fun at the competition, and point out what using a protein shaker makes you look...
Yakult: Science Not Magic
Side-stepping the usual 'lifestyle' platitudes, and taking an affectionate pop at the mystical mumbo jumbo many wellbeing brands employ,...
bottom of page