I have just arrived in Rome for the annual IBA (International Bar Association) Conference which starts on Sunday. The event is expected to draw record numbers of attendees this year – probably topping 6,000. The weather is very warm, everyone's diaries are packed full of meetings, panel discussions and parties and of...
My local Oxfam shop, which had always seemed busy, closed down permanently recently. There was no link between this and the allegations of sexual misconduct against senior field workers in Haiti, but as a symbol it's striking. The alleged conduct in Haiti was repugnant, but the story as played out in...
If there was an obvious answer to this question then someone could no doubt make a fortune. Recent developments haven’t made this any clearer – as news broke this week that a tweet posted by a 16-year-old boy from Nevada has become the UK’s most retweeted of...
Hot on the heels of the recent Legal 500 results, the Chambers UK 2018 rankings are due to be released on Wednesday 1st November. While many firms will celebrate good news stories through Twitter and joyous press releases, there will be firms less keen to herald their results. Of the 221...
Halloween divides the population. There’s the group who live for it: loving the excuse to dress up, spending hours or even days preparing for their big night. There’s the half-hearted: a ripped Primark t-shirt and a dousing of fake blood and they’re away – they look ridiculous but they don’t...
I'm sure over the summer holidays with all the family at home (or even worse in a hot car) there has been the occasional flare up. One such example of online bickering that the Daily Mirror thoughtfully summarised in this article, was an eye-catching Twitter row between the accounts of...
Sadly, homophobia is still a problem in the UK. However, it's not that often you come across a public figure openly and brazenly flouting the acceptance and openness for which British society has become so well known. In what must be the best recent example of just how much professional trouble...
Southern Rail hasn't exactly covered itself in glory recently. From disgruntled commuters facing regular disruption to their daily travel, to the barrage of social media abuse and bad press coverage, public perceptions surrounding Southern Rail are pretty darn negative. Of course, the train operator could just find a way to resolve the...
Never become the story, runs a well-worn piece of advice to PR professionals. It's a rule I broke this week, with a syndicated quote appearing in 40 international news outlets, including the LA Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Evening Standard and the Washington Post. In my defence, I was speaking as a travelling...
What does it take to create a viral tweet? If there was an obvious answer to this question then someone could no doubt make a fortune. Recent developments haven’t made this any clearer - back in April this year a 16-year-old boy from Nevada posted a tweet that has recently...
