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Recommended - God Save The Queens 50th celebration of feminist punk at museum of youth culture, Camden

Apple Music unveils new design and logo that was made by actual sound waves

Latest IPA Bellwether report shows marketers were willing to spend last quarter and Events and PR benefited. Presume final week of World Cup fell into the quarter? www.thedrum.com/news/ipa-bel...

No need to busk it with all the info and knowledge on offer at Festival of Marketing - Sir John Hegarty keynote opener championing creativity, naturally. Make your comms memorable, motivating and truthful to succeed.

Are we not calling it ‘algorithmic media’ yet?

Retail Media and Online Video seeing the biggest growth in digital ad investment - @iabuk.bsky.social H1 adspend report uk.themedialeader.com/uk-digital-a...

Great to be on stage at Ecommerce Expo at London Excel chairing a discussion on the evolution of CX and customer loyalty. Looking forward to how Leon changes up its programme, as a fan.

Wonder if the vintage and pre-loved stores of Bristol will benefit? adfreecities.org.uk/2026/09/pres...

The strategy for this JL initiative put very bluntly in the headline www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Campaign quick to find the brand angle in Dolly’s sad demise www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/doll...

Analogue throwback - a classical vinyl compilation sampler from Decca based on ads soundtracked by the pieces. Did anyone ever buy this?

Social media bans for under 15s on the rise, which other EU states will follow? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Marketing investment held up last quarter with Events still leading the charge but wavering confidence - IPA Bellwether Q2 www.thedrum.com/news/ipa-bel...

Is there more dough to be made from Play-Doh? Peak kidulting? www.retaildive.com/news/hasbro-...

Richard Shotton explains the ritual of Guinness pouring as an example of behavioural science @madfestlondon.bsky.social - a hundred sweltering and very thirsty people are glad there’s a bar a few yards away.

I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year

UK share of media consumption on smartphones and TV now about level - lots of useful data in this year’s IPA Touchpoints uk.themedialeader.com/ipa-touchpoi...

“What customers really want is usefulness” - CGPT laying out it’s stall for advertisers with a focus on “the intelligence economy” www.adexchanger.com/ai/at-its-fi...

Not going to post much from Cannes (especially as I’m not there) but this worth a read for marketers www.thedrum.com/opinion/andr...

Sent a long day at AI for PR conference but some very useful suggestions - especially from journalist Chris Stokel-Walker

Retail is always at least six months ahead - season’s greetings from Outernet London’s Christmas Upfronts!

Gotta love a Ritson riff. This is excellent on negative headlines, dynamic pricing and the specifics of a wider context for FIFA. “The World Cup is not a Tuesday flight to Malaga.” www.thedrum.com/opinion/mark... @thedrum.bsky.social

Stumbled into a Jetsons alternate reality at London Tech Week - anti-grav pack and hydrogen-powered car. My eyes are sore from massive A.I. exposure though …

At London Tech Week and smiling that panels are still trotting out Minority Report to illustrate hyper-personalisation nearly 25 years on. Of course, the irony is the movie itself is an example of mass cultural connection …

There she blows! newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/ac...

Director of digital for the Labour Party Tom Lillywhite (left) talks attention economy, organic social content hooking the media and what brands can learn from politics and vice -versa at BIMA House @sxsw.com today. I asked him about Labour’s use of X - says a lot of internal debate around it.

Strong predictions from @iabuk.bsky.social re AI-driven adspend uk.themedialeader.com/ai-driven-ad...

Love it when there’s a sense check on a business strategy that isn’t often questioned. What’s Airbnb’s goal? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/b...

The Pixies celebrating 4O years at Royal Albert Hall tonight. Where is my mind, indeed…

How’s Google revenue model going to adapt to this? www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/goog...

New dogs learn old tricks www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@adassociation.bsky.social WARC full year ad spend figures: new breakouts include retail media and social uk.themedialeader.com/uk-adspend-i...

Shoegaze ahoy - Chapterhouse with special guest Rachel Goswell from Slowdive in Islington tonight.

@adwanteduk.bsky.social’s Future of Brands conference, busy, buzzing and bringing plenty of insights.

Would you like to watch that Stewart Lee singing a very noisy version of Ejection with EarthBall? Of course... Recorded at Cafe OTO, 17 April 2026 www.facebook.com/share/v/1CfZ...

Lots of hot takes on what’s ‘cooking’ at Apple. This is a good one www.wsj.com/tech/the-ris...

A blue plaque that celebrates a true titan - Broadstairs.

Creative solution to a distribution problem for Lidl www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/nationa...

Another Mark Ritson masterpiece that eviscerates Meta’s branding strategy www.thedrum.com/opinion/mark...

Commonsense prevails, as they say. Though it appears once in a blue moon these days. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New BBC DG confirmed - an ex Google chief might be the smart choice (and ex Olympic rower) www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...

Trust in news strong, but advertisers worried about ‘brand safety’ and how it is polarising for some www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/half...

Looking forward to returning to Advertising Week Europe on March 25th and interrogating top journos on their editorial decisions - if you’re attending check out the panel. www.propellergroup.com/news-and-vie...

Is there a real threat to Amazon dominance here? Will winning be down to the UX or speed of delivery? www.forbes.com/sites/markfa...

Well someone’s an Oscar winner already www.adweek.com/convergent-t...

When AI becomes an obstacle to purchase

Digital ad spend 2025 report from @iabuk.bsky.social - stats on search, retail media, video and more www.iabuk.com/news-article...

Is the holding company era over? Or just no-one wants to be labelled a holdco? ( a bit like no platform is ‘social media’ any more). www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/cind...

Still have my classy black 80GB iPod www.aol.com/articles/ai-...

Handbrake turn from Perplexity on ads www.adweek.com/media/perple...