There’s an epic irony to the ‘Nirvana Baby’ suing the band for exploitation for using a photo of him at 4 months old on the cover of Nevermind.As many pointed out on Twitter, the fact that in the offending photo he is grasping for a dollar bill is eerily symbolic, but there’s another currency driving…
Since its inception in 2001, the so-called ‘War on Terror’ has occasioned some memorable images from American leaders. But the most recent image to emerge—President Biden as a solitary figure, old, isolated, and presiding over the disastrous American withdrawal from Afghanistan, represents a new low for Presidential self-fashioning in the social media age. We are far…
Idea porn happens when a group of people gather in a silo, usually a brainstorming situation, to develop a crowd-pleasing concept. This group gets so excited by the potential incarnation of an idea that their collective desire spirals into something almost sexual – a kind of orgasmic glee that overrides the reality of the potential…
In the aftermath of England’s loss at the Euros, a wave of disappointment swept across the country. This was followed, distastefully, by acts of hooliganism that saw Leicester Square littered with broken glass bottles and witnessing unsightly acts of public indecency. Yet, what nobody had been prepared for was the shocking racism that reared its ugly…
I’ve been thinking about Gareth Southgate and the quiet effectiveness of his leadership style.Our contemporary understanding of leadership is often formed through constant exposure to loud, colourful demagogues (Johnson, Musk, Trump. While it’s hard to deny the success of this style, it’s not the only one whose stock is rising.England men’s football team’s historic victory…
We live in a world where a single, high-profile act can obliterate billions in a company’s value. Remember when Elon Musk smoked a joint on talk radio—Tesla’s shares fell by almost 10%. Ronaldo’s ‘Drink Water’ moment at the Euro cup shows just how much damage bad publicity can do. Nonetheless, Ronaldo’s Coca-Cola snub is the most extreme…
The post-match press conference has yielded as many iconic moments as it has sporting clichés: I’m thinking of Kevin Keegan’s infamous ‘I will love it’ rant, former Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson’s ‘ostrich’ tirade, and, further afield, Mike Tyson’s ‘I wanna eat your children’. With the press conference come a fair share of gaffes. One understands, then, Naomi…
I found myself staying up late watching a profoundly depressing Question Time last night. What emerged, amid discussion of Boris’s cash-for-curtains deal with an anonymous private benefactor, was that the audience expects such behaviour from politicians and are much less scandalised by graft than one would think. People cheered as an audience member passionately defended…
Furore among football fans this week as news leaked that 12 of the world’s biggest clubs were breaking away from the sport’s governing bodies to form a ‘European Super League’ (ESL).The revelation wasn’t so much announced as dropped like a ballistic missile and has, both operationally and in terms of potential fallout, been a disaster…
It’s being described as ‘the worst IPO in London’s history’. What can we learn from Deliveroo’s historic flop? The public’s perception of their values played no small part in the poor performance.Sure, the money-men are blaming various details about the IPO process. Deliveroo’s advisers blamed short sellers for the plunge; others say Deliveroo priced its…