As you’ve probably noticed, I haven’t updated the blog for a while. As usual, the reason is that I’ve been […]

Copywriting can get you into a lot of trouble.
The title of this post is a direct quote from Peter Sherrard, […]

BBC Radio 1 is busy whipping up a storm this Christmas by censoring the word ‘faggot’ from the Pogues song […]

If writing Working For Yourself was like giving birth to a child - albeit with more than the usual amount […]

Despair of man, and watch The Simpsons. You will despair no more. If human beings can make a TV show […]

Here’s a good rule for anyone hoping to communicate ideas, philosophies or marketing messages: speak a recognisable human language.
Like a […]

OK, OK, so I read The Guardian. But you could never accuse me of being a Guardian Reader - a […]