by Giles Broadbent | Nov 15, 2022 | Blog
These delightful words from Middle English have found ways to smuggle themselves through the centuries to stay part of our lexicon of modern life English has become the universal language of the world for a couple of reasons. The first is how widespread it has become...
by Giles Broadbent | Nov 7, 2022 | Story
Mutiny? Over a Bounty? Perhaps it’s time to return to the origin story of betrayal – and one of history’s biggest hatchet jobs on Captain W Bligh The year is 1801, two decades after the Mutiny On The Bounty. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson engages a tenacious Danish...
by Giles Broadbent | Oct 31, 2022 | Productivity
Some people call them marginal gains. The Japanese use ‘kaizen’. So, how can you make sure your working routine is the most efficient it can be? When I step into the hotseat of a new media operation, I want to change everything. Course I do. The promise of...
by Giles Broadbent | Oct 22, 2022 | Story
‘Faked death’ stories offer everything – drama, nail-biting tension, psychological meltdown, escape. No wonder they are such a staple in fiction. In John Grisham’s 1997 thriller The Partner, lawyer Patrick Lanigan becomes reviled above all other lawyers (a...
by Giles Broadbent | Oct 10, 2022 | Books
The page count in best selling books is getting smaller. People have no time any more. Are shorter books the next chapter in the publishing game? Kiwi Rose Matafeo is a cracking comedian. Her recent West End show, caught on camera for the BBC, is full of zippy...
