The TelegraphThierry Frémaux must be having sleepless nights. Woody Allen and Roman Polanski will both have films ready for next year’s Cannes Film Festival, while Maïwenn Le Besco, director of Johnny Depp’s forthcoming movie La Favorite (about Louis XV and his mistress), is often a shoo-in for a Croisette appearance. Frémaux, director of the festival, would…
If Boris Johnson leaves a legacy on British politics, it will be his decimation of the notion that senior public servants must be serious people.Matt Hancock going on ‘I’m a Celebrity…’ is the perfect case study, but it’s unclear whether his motivation for entering the jungle is more about personal fame or a circuitous route…
DailyMail Friends of Matt Hancock’s estranged wife Martha today revealed their shock at his decision to star on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! – a move that got him kicked out of the parliamentary Tory party. The former Health Secretary, who quit after breaking his own lockdown rules by having an affair with long-time aide Gina…
Daily Mail ‘I’m puzzled why they are coming’: Harry and Meghan are set to touch down in the UK on Sunday for European tour… after she launched new broadside at the royal family in interview that drew Mandela comparison https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11168399/amp/Harry-Meghan-set-return-UK-latest-broadside-royals.html Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s UK visit. Dates, schedule and itinerary (PDF)
The key for modern unscrupulous politicians is to get between their critics and the electorate. Trump, Corbyn and Cummings have all spent hours talking about how the media is fake, bias and sitting in ivory towers laughing at the little people. It’s a potent siren song for any voter and Cummings clearly counted on it…
In crisis situations we tend to move faster. We react and defend and there’s nothing wrong with that until any lack of thinking and preparation alongside, comes back at us with force. We have all seen daily examples of hope and positivity from business and people as well as what happens when any combination of…
This post is a very different musing on the news agenda. The Last thing anyone needs at the moment is another perspective or opinion. Instead, it’s a collection of this and that, hopefully, so we can glimpse views together and not just dissect the picture on the wall. It’s certainly not a how-to-do-it nor does…
Money, hard times and political wrangling are good news for the media (traditional and social) For several years vast teams have been writing algorithms and toxic headlines to ensure that everyone is as outraged as possible and as often as possible whilst mindsets, whatever they might be at any time, are reinforced. The rumour virus…
Huffington Post But a series of commentators have strongly criticised their decision with public relations and crisis consultant Mark Borkowski saying about the Sussexes “It does feel like a royal couple in exile”. Read full article here: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/royal-family-cirisis-talks-meghan-harry-queen_uk_5e17826dc5b6da971d12c6b1
Kake However they move forward, Harry and Meghan will come under considerable scrutiny related to their income, said Mark Borkowski, founder and head of British public relations firms, Borkowski PR. “It’s going to be incredibly difficult to generate clean money, not just over one year, but year in and year out to maintain that,” Borkowski…