An appeal on behalf of Vincent
You may know a little boy like Vincent. Kept silent for most of the week, his parents only let him out to play on Sunday. He’s not allowed to go far – just to one playground, here in Westminster....
View ArticleThe Incredible Lord Credo
Last weekend the Twitter user Lord Credo, the self-proclaimed Westminster insider, former Downing Street press officer, even right-hand man to David Cameron, deleted his Twitter account. So far, so...
View ArticleNightmare On Elgar Street
Were you to bury your entire face in the wrong end of a French horn – the bell, as it is called – you could scream yourself hoarse while remaining almost completely unheard by those immediately around...
View ArticleHave the Liberal Democrats lost their senses?
Have the Lib Dem leadership lost their senses?. They can’t see or hear supporters who have turned their backs on the party. They can’t smell the putrid stink of seemingly inevitable electoral...
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Indoor Picnics and Other Oddities – The BBC Proms
Friday night brings with it the First Night of the Proms, the opening fanfare of over one hundred concerts which will draw to a close with one last rousing chorus of Jerusalem on September 10th. In...
View ArticleWill no-one free us of these troublesome ghosts?
One of the truly great things about British politics is the depth and breadth of raw talent which can be found at every level of every party and no party. Unfortunately, tired conventions of political...
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APPGs – the next Westminster scandal?
Be it the hacking scandal, the expenses debacle, or the furore surrounding botched police investigations, a relentless tide of trust-destroying stories is washing from Westminster to Wapping sweeping...
View ArticleCreating your own community – slide deck
Here’s a slimmed-down version of my presentation to the UK Association Congress, on forming your own Facebook, tweating your own Twitter, creating your own community. Creating your own community from...
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Do or die: Should CIPR membership be compulsory?
If membership of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations isn’t compulsory for PR professionals, does the Institute serve any purpose at all? Some think not. In this post I’m going to stand up for...
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So hello Vine, Twitter’s new video service. Say, haven’t we met before?
Vine, the new six-second video service promoted by Twitter, is causing a buzz across the socialmediasphere. What has it got that its predecessors lacked? Bear with me here. There have been many...
View ArticleTwitter raves for The Hired Man
As of 1st May I’m taking up the role of Director of Communications and Audience Services at one of our most vibrant regional theatres, the Mercury Theatre in Colchester. My time there could not have...
View ArticleHow it’s possible to have two North Stars (or “on the importance of role...
Sitting on the terrace of the RIBA restaurant (above) on a warm summer day a few years ago, I was asked “who are your professional role models?”. I was floored, not least because I have only two – and...
View ArticleNew Video – You Can Always Hand Them Back
The Mercury Theatre Colchester’s latest in-house production is now in rehearsal. It’s the UK premiere of a comedy of songs and stories all about the heroes of any family – the grandparents! As ever it...
View ArticleNew video – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
How do you communicate the emotional intensity of what has been called the first real kitchen sink 50′s drama? Alex in the marketing team at the Mercury Theatre has worked with Swainson Productions to...
View ArticleOn Look East and the Sunday Politics – Theatre Funding
I popped up on Look East and Sunday Politics East a few weeks ago (just before the budget) talking about theatre funding. Theatres are now so strapped for cash I can’t afford enough product to keep all...
View ArticleFerry from Santa Maria di Castellebate / San Marco to Amalfi
On holiday in Castellebate, we chanced on a Ferry to Amalfi. It doesn’t appear on Tripadvisor (or on the web at all much!) so here is a bit more information for fellow holiday-goers to this lovely...
View ArticleNew video – Macbeth
For the Mercury’s recent production of the Scottish play, we hadn’t budgeted for a promotional video, but a stunning audio recording of our three witches came my way and it felt like we immediately had...
View ArticleAll dressed up and no-one to vote for – the plight of the voter disengaged...
It’s not us, it’s you – one of the things the Scottish independence referendum conclusively proved is that, when offered a real choice, people will engage with politics. For years politicians bemoaned...
View ArticleCreating your own community – slide deck
Here’s a slimmed-down version of my presentation to the UK Association Congress, on forming your own Facebook, tweating your own Twitter, creating your own community. Creating your own community from...
View ArticleThe Bard in The Bog
Sometimes it’s the little campaigns that tickle my toes – and I really enjoyed coming up with The Bard in The Bog! “Colchester’s Mercury Theatre have come up with a unique way of helping prepare...
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