Journalism writes the headline of history

Art and creativity go beyond headlines. These human acts speak from the human soul far better than journalism ever can. And they present a challenge to museums and archives.

Get back to work

With threats that our city centres will become ghost towns, and that working from home is killing the economy, there’s a cataclysmic tone ringing around conversations about work. The simple truth is, commuters are revolting. Why does this matter?

The parasitic existence

The parasitic existence is built upon a habitual and unquestioned way of living off the exploitation of others.

Millennials, Elections, and Change

The failure to understand the values, motivations and desires of Millennials is dangerous at best, stupid at worst.

Poverty Wears a Young Female Face

Up to the mid 1990s, the advanced economies largely succeeded in delivering the promise of growing prosperity for the majority of their citizens. Prosperity was built on post-colonial systems exploitation of resources … and by and large the sharing of that prosperity was anything buy equitable for those outside the advanced economies. The people […]

Kenya

Kenya is a fascinating country, where culture and commerce are thriving amidst rapid social change.

Marketing – Trends for 2016?

In an age where the late middle aged and middle income property owning demographic hold many of the financial cards, I’m interested to know what millenials (16-34 year olds) think and especially, how this impacts on marketing trends. With that in mind this (from Bauer Knowledge) is interesting:

Exploring Community

‘Exploring Community’ – a recurring event looking:

to find out what really concerns local people
to ensure that different community groups get together – speed dating style
to erode some of the artificial / assumed boundaries between groups to ensure more cohesive working.

The Guardian: Modern Journalism Explained

This very clever ad for The Guardian lays bare the mechanics of modern journalism like words never could:

The Year of the Rabbit

The Rabbit is believed to be one of the happiest signs. People born in the year Rabbit (1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999 ) are renowned for their kindness, talent, reliability, articulacy, loyalty and air of mystery.