Written after Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff was dropped as vice-captain of England’s World Cup cricket team for falling drunk from a pedalo boat whilst celebrating by cricket authorities whose memories clearly don’t extend as far back as the 1980s and Ian Botham. Cricket is a noble sport. No drunkards are allowed. Cricketers must hold their heads […]
I think I am going, as Cypress Hill so memorably articulated, “insane in the membrane”. The cause of this mental collapse is down to the fact that good old Blue Peter has joined the ever-growing and ever sorrier-looking list of TV folk who have been banged to rights for faking phone ins. What in blazes […]
The venerable Colin Byrne has started a blog. The round robin email today outlined his trepidation. “Today I lost my blogger virginity with the launch of my own blog – www.byrnebabybyrne.com. Huge thanks to my colleagues James Warren and Rachel Hunter on this and to pals like David Brain for showing me how it can […]
The deeper I research the history of the lost Hollywood publicists, the more I feel like I’m staring down the barrel of a shotgun or looking into a dark well. Trawling through libraries, websites and text books, I have quickly realised that history, in the PR arena, is something that doesn’t get the respect it […]
Hear Music a ‘natural next step’ for the coffee behemoth and music retailer, says Starbucks boss. Sir Paul McCartney rumoured to be the first artist to sign to label Rosie Swash: Guardian Unlimited http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2032739,00.html
Just as a thousand liggers sharpened their patter to pass the clipboard test to slither into post Oscar parties, four days later in London I suspect the wannabes will try to assemble at Matthew Freud’s send off hurrah for his arch lieutenant, Kris Thykier. Tonight’s bash promises to mimic some of the sumptuous parties that […]
“Tony Blair has forged a special bond with the Rev Ian Paisley, the DUP leader who holds the future of the Northern Ireland peace process in his hands, by discussing their common interest in and commitment to Christianity… “Blair is brilliant at seducing Paisley,” Lord Bew said. “This is the most amazing love affair, the […]
Flyposting is a thing of the past. Thanks to Camden Council. Pete Strange, the oddly titled Boulevard Project Manager, Camden Council, managed to get Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) served on those heroic street guerrillas a couple of years ago that made our streets less interesting According to the Guardian at the time ” Camden employed […]