The Daily MailBrand guru Mark Borkowski said that the BBC has to freshen up its Radio 2 line up for the next generation – but risks upsetting devotees.He said: ‘The BBC have to take the pain to renew and find new blood. It’s in danger of being sucked into a niche at a time they…
Page Six“I suspect the ‘bunker mentality’ has left them threadbare on future messaging,” Borkowski said. “As each interview landed, Harry exposed a deep well of emotional unresolved pain. He should spend time and effort on dealing with the pain instead of turning it into a three-ring Barnum and Bailey circus act.”Full Page Six article link
The Times“Meghan and Harry encapsulate what a youth audience, a millennial audience, wants to talk about,” says Mark Borkowski, a PR expert. “Black Lives Matter, ecology, the state of the planet, trans rights; plus she’s a Hollywood princess, which captures the imagination. The boomers are fixed against it. They don’t understand it and think it’s…
The Guardian Royal interviews have a long pedigree, but not necessarily a good one. “When you look at history, any time that a senior royal has sat down for an interview, ultimately it has always backfired,” said Katie Nicholl, author of The New Royals, and Vanity Fair’s royal correspondent, who has been writing about the Windsors for…
The Daily MailPR guru Mark Borkowski warned that Prince Harry will regret ‘weaponising’ his past in his ‘dirty laundry’ book – and so will his wife – because it leaves them with little left to sell.Adding that the couple had been poorly advised, the brand expert said their ‘desperation’ to make headlines has echoes of Edward…
The Guardian He may have come from relative obscurity but 2023 is predicted to be a big year for the Strictly Come Dancing champion Hamza Yassin, who lifted the glitterball trophy with his dance partner Jowita Przystał on Saturday night.He pipped fellow finalists Helen Skelton, Fleur East and Molly Rainford to the title in a tense final and insiders…
The TimesMost pop stars relax the morning after a sell-out gig. Dua Lipa, however, is not like most pop stars.Instead, she busily plots the next steps in other parts of her burgeoning career — chairing editorial conferences for her nascent newsletter or interviewing another luminary for her podcast.Her newsletter, Service95, launched in February and has…
The Guardian The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will have a place at the king’s coronation should they wish to attend, despite the continued fallout from their Netflix documentary, it has been reported.Harry and Meghan will be invited to Charles’s ceremony on 6 May, with all family members expected to feature on a guest list still…
The Guardian As England’s footballers shuffled sleeplessly away from their training base at Al-Wakrah on Sunday, the team’s youngest player was asked whether he had a message for supporters. “Stick with us,” said Jude Bellingham. The 19-year-old’s tone was confident, defiant, even optimistic. And it reflected a wider message from the camp: that when it comes…