The beauty of a harebrained scheme

Travel has become so much easier now that we have all this technology. Everywhere has wifi, you can use your data for free abroad, Google maps will navigate you around any foreign city without you even having to look up from your phone. It's so simple. And yes, having that technology is great. But you …

Keep your body shaming off my commute

A lot of people are going to disagree with Sadiq Khan's decision to ban body shaming adverts, but I think it's pretty great. There's a world of difference between a bikini advert which is effectively saying "look at our bikinis they're nice you should buy one" and an advert like this which says "you have to …

All the small things

As houses get smaller, people move more often, and cynicism about advertising grows, companies try and find new ways to sell things. It's all about quality, not quantity.  It's about expressing your true self.  It's about leaving a legacy (those awful Patek Phillipe adverts about how you never really own their watch, merely look after …

What lies beneath?

This week, the internet has been abuzz with news that teenage instagram star Essena O'Neill has decided to quit social media because she feels it's making her live a life that's "not real". We all know that much of what we see on social media is exaggerated, glossed-over, or just plain fake, but seeing it …

Why are drugs illegal? A trip to the DEA museum in Virginia

There's a very interesting article in the Guardian today which asks "Why are drugs illegal?". According to the article's author, a drugs expert, drugs aren't illegal because they're dangerous or cause harm - if everything which was dangerous or caused harm was illegal, we wouldn't have alcohol, cigarettes, caffeine, or guns, along with many other …

Washington DC is a communist dystopia

As a Brit, everything about Washington DC seems designed to confuse and intimidate. First, there is the sheer scale. Individually, the buildings are no larger or more impressive than London's great landmarks – the British Museum could take on any of the museums of the Smithsonian, St Paul's Cathedral is far more beautiful than National …