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New music: Jesca Hoop - Stonechild

One of my 2019 top picks from someone I'd not come across before despite this being her 6th album: Stonechild by Jesca Hoop. Who, pop...

Brand purpose bullshit

New Natwest Chief Exec on R4: "we have a new purpose which is to build a bank that is purpose-led". Followed by some vaguely generic...

Good reads: Stolen by Grace Blakeley

Saw Grace Blakeley speak at a festival last summer and she was pretty inspiring. Stolen is her first book and definitely worth picking...

Ryan Reynolds' Super Bowl stunt

When he’s not being Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds also owns/runs a number of businesses. Alongside a production company and, just announced, an...

New music: Pip Blom - Boat

Straight out of Holland (and with a nod, if a bit rockier, to the 80s vibe of the Primitives and Darling Buds), Boat is the debut album...

The fallacy of economic strength

Powerful words from Bobby Kennedy, way back in 1968, on the fallacy of pursuing economic 'strength' when that strength is based on...

Doomsday: 100 seconds to midnight

As we worry about whatever it is we worry about in our work, the “doomsday clock” has moved forward to 100 seconds to midnight, the...

Will lab grown food save the world?

With the food we eat contributing 26% of global carbon emissions, will emerging 'lab grown' tech save the world? George Monbiot is at the...

Young's Seafood: Masters of Fish

With the experience that comes from more than 200 years specialisation, no one is better placed to master fish than the Masters of Fish...

New music special: best of 2019

I bought 23 new releases in 2019. By definition I like them all or I wouldn't have parted with the cash. But keeping with the end of the...

For Goodness Shakes: Awkward Shake

How to make a brand famous with no media spend? Poke fun at the competition, and point out what using a protein shaker makes you look...

Yakult: Science Not Magic

Side-stepping the usual 'lifestyle' platitudes, and taking an affectionate pop at the mystical mumbo jumbo many wellbeing brands employ,...

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