Chewing the Cud
INSPIRATION COMES FROM THE STRANGEST OF PLACES.
Is AI Killing Creativity?
The rise of generative technologies, particularly AI-driven tools, is casting a shadow over the creative world in 2024. What was once celebrated as a leap forward is now facing significant criticism from artists, designers, and cultural commentators who see these advancements as a threat to the very [...]
Upping The (New Year) Resolution
New year! New Me! Back to the gym, back to karate: ready to take the bull by its horns and make 2024 the year I want it to be. Sound like you in 2023? Weird how we go through the same cycles isn’t it? According to the [...]
Too Early for Christmas…
“Don’t you dare!” I was just looking in the cellar. Just looking, I swear. But we all know what’s down there. We all know that, in the dark corner with the single light bulb, nestling among the webs and spider corpses, sit the boxes of baubles and [...]
Santa and The Hijack of Christmas
“Once upon a time, far, far away, a man sat in front of a canvas and set his mind to work. He recalled his research and studied the pages of illustrations before him - the dozens of crude drawings and bright illustrations that, for decades, had plastered [...]
Wilko and Out: Another High Street Brand Falls – But Why?
Those of us of a certain age remember two things from our youth: the sound and smell of cracking open a freshly borrowed Blockbuster VHS and the giddy joy of the Woolworths Pick and Mix. Nobody born today will even remember walking in the door of either [...]
Threads: Getting to the Point
“Oh, God: not another one.” It wasn’t just me thinking this, right? My initial reaction at the somewhat sudden launch of Threads, Instagram’s “social” Twitter (ahem: “X”) rival, earlier this year was mild incredulity. Another social media channel to watch. Another social media channel to consider for [...]
