Issue Number 88: A playbook for brands bold enough to own what makes them awkward

I started writing a thing about last year. I stopped. No one needs another end of year review. Implicit in feeling the need to write some sort of 2025 wrap up is a decision to commit to doing weeknot...

Media is a finite resource. Some elements of media - like video impressions - are so plentiful as to appear infinite. Others, like physical media such as posters, print ads etc, are more clearly disti...

Not quite weeknotes, but ‘fortnight notes’ instead. Last weekend I went down to wales to play golf with some friends, so my ability to write and conclude the notes from my week was hamstrung. Post wee...

I was asked to give a talk to the marketing department of a big media and technology platform. The brief was to share some trends for the year ahead and discuss the types of things which would affec...

Issue Number 68: Phil Adams is next to tell us about how he works....

Recently I was explaining a personal dilemma to a friend. Should I do the big, scary and potentially rewarding thing I was considering or should I do the safe, bland and sensible thing? He then intr...

In his 2023 book Humanise, Thomas Heatherwick talks about the need for buildings to hold the attention of someone for length of time it takes to pass by it. In order to pass this test, he suggests a...

Issue Number 41: Stone Island brings its community of devoted fans to the fore

I managed to get to the Francis Bacon exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery before it shut on Sunday. I’d been meaning to go since it opened in October. The final few days of an exhibition are n...