The first time I remember uttering that phrase was (appropriately enough) on stage. I was in a production of Julian Mitchell’s play “Another Country”, a fictionalised account of the schooldays of the spy, Guy Burgess. In a scene that is pivotal to the play (and mysteriously left out of the execrable film), the schoolboys are [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Making an Exhibition of Oneself
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bryan Robson, Julian Mitchell, Photography, Wife on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Moving
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, Moving Office, Planning on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So… for the ninth time in nearly three years, I am moving offices. Normally, there is a specious, meretricious justification for the move. “Planning and Creative need to sit together!”, “Planning needs its own identity!”, “Worldwide should feel like part of London!” (the unintentional hubristic comedy of this point still eludes those people who run [...]
