R.I.P. Steve Jobs: 24 February 1955 to 5 October 2011 The TV commercial embedded below was pitched by one of Jobs few role models, Lee Clow of TBWA/Chiat/Day in 1997. It made Jobs cry. But lots of things made Jobs cry. Jobs was a cryer. So Walter Isaacson says in his biography of Jobs, simply [...]

Ok. ? It’s list time. We know it’s not very original but we do like to share our picks with our esteemed readers and please do share with us your own thoughts. In no particular order then… Album of 2011 Our contenders are… Tom Waits, Bad as Me King Creosote and John Hopkins, Diamond Mine [...]

An interesting and, at times, tricky year that saw us pick up some great new clients, but bid adieu to a few others.? This was the year that saw the arrival of three fabulous ladies in our lives; Sue Bourne (of Cottages and Castles), Jane Innes (of Springfield Properties) and Sarah Chater (of Johnston Press).? [...]

? As is customary in these parts we like to share with you our annual picks of all things cultural.? So here’s our take on 2008. Firstly, our favourite books featured two by Cormac McCarthy with Mark choosing The Road and Pete, No Country For Old Men, Iain plumped for one of the Wallander series [...]

The inaugural 60 Watt best of 2007 poll has been conducted and these are the results. Best Movie A tight fought thing between Atonement and Last King of Scotland, but the award has to go to Atonement because Last King was, strictly speaking, a 2006 movie although most of us saw it in 2007. These [...]

I was rooting through my old Leith files the other day in order to write a piece for the Drum forum (if you’re interested, you can read it here) when I came across a copy of the invitation to the Leith agency launch party, way back on December 6th, 1984. For those of you who [...]