A Sir Winston Churchill look-a-like last night failed in his attempt to win a pair of Sir Winston Churchill’s glasses, which were auctioned for £11,210 to a telephone buyer, understood to be from overseas. ‘Sir Winston’ went along to the auction with Simon Palmer, owner of C.W. Dixey & Son, the ...
‘Winston Churchill’ to attend Northampton auction to reclaim his spectacles ‘for Great Britain’
The world’s oldest independent eyewear company C.W. Dixey & Son, and makers of glasses for Sir Winston Churchill are to attend the auction of a pair of Sir Winston’s glasses by Northamptonshire auctioneers JP Humbert on 16 March, and are sending ‘Sir Winston’ in an attempt to get his glasses ...
An interview with Oscar Udeshi
Oscar Udeshi is chairman of the British Menswear Guild. He's also a very nice chap. I paid a visit to talk to him about the thinking behind his clothing, his background, and his views on 'traditional tailoring'. Being a gentleman, he suggested we did the interview over a coffee at his private ...
Ghosts of the Past – München
If you've seen my Auschwitz site, you'll probably know I have an interest in history.
Last week I came across this post on Gizmodo, where a photographer had combined present day images with the same scenes from World War II. I thought the idea was complete genius, and as I'm living ...
Welcome to your city…
...an invitation to participate in a multi-disciplinary project and see your ideas about London in Selfridges' Wonder Windows..
House of Jonn (Creatives in Residence at the Hospital Club 2010) are teaming up with aberrant architecture (V&A+RIBA Architecture Residents at the Victoria & Albert Museum) to create London's first architectural pop-up residency, ...
‘Whitehawk’ – new fiction from Simon Nolan
Whitehawk is a new novel from highly successful author Simon Nolan that will be available to buy in July, and is available to pre-order from Revenge Ink.
It tracks the tale of Mel Banff, a new kind of social worker. Overseen by the shadowy 'Rationality Unit', she will be stationed with one family over ...
New Feature Film “PANIC BUTTON” to be a Warning to all Social Network Users
Panic Button, a new British feature film that highlights the many dangers lurking in the world of social networking, goes into production today.
The film taps into the current zeitgeist, which has seen many organisations campaigning for a ‘panic button’ to be incorporated onto the pages of social networks such as ...
Tory Campaign Poster + Trololo Man = …
Some inspired thinking by my friend Matthew caused a five minute Photoshop frenzy.
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Anyone up for a Psychodrama in a Soviet Bunker?
I've never been much of a fan of chocolate box holiday destinations, and I'd rather have my fingernails pulled out with pliers than find myself on a 'beach holiday'.
I also have a fondness for bunkers, having enjoyed a trip to Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker a few years ago, followed ...
The Nightmare that is Virgin Media
Having been lied to at least twice in the past few days by Virgin Media technicians, and having had no broadband for as long as I can remember, I am p***d off! And can't believe the level of poor service. Richard Branson could justifiably be criticised for taking on such ...
Rocket Fuel platform defines value of Facebook ad campaigns
Digital marketing agency Rocket Fuel is set to release technology tomorrow that helps marketers understand the value of Facebook ad campaigns as a stand-alone strategy or when integrating the medium with mobile, display and search. Social Booster for Facebook automates creation, monitoring and management through intelligent bidding, multivariate creative testing, segmentation, automated ...
Short term loan provider Lending Stream issue ‘accident season’ warning
In preparation for what it has christened ‘the accident season’, online short-term loan providers Lending Stream have invested in brand new technology that makes it the only online loan provider to make funds available 365 days a year, 24 hours a day – even on public and Bank Holidays.
Motivated by ...
Meet Lytro’s Light Field Camera, for ‘Living Pictures’
Pictured above is Lytro's new Light Field camera, which doesn't look like any camera on the market. And, being the only camera to focus after you've taken the picture, it doesn't work like other cameras either. With pictures produced on the Light Field Camera, the photographer doesn't have to wait ...
Rocket Fuel UK investigates the role of environment vs audience in effective brand advertising
On Tuesday I went to a breakfast debate hosted by the lovely people at Rocket Fuel UK. For those unfamiliar, Rocket Fuel is a real-time ad targeting company whose technology combines all data-driven targeting techniques, from behavioural to contextual, into one system that automatically adapts campaigns in real time to ...
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