Four hours before BNP leader Nick Griffin appeared on BBC’s Question Time I was standing in a room within Leicester’s impressive Curve building, delivering a talk based on my latest book, ‘Soul Traders’.

The audience comprised of marketers curious to learn about the darker side of marketing – in other words, propaganda and the history of hype and spin. Most… Continue

This week has been an interesting one in terms of sexism and brands. Firstly radio advertisements for Mattesons smoked sausage featured a male voice, which stated “Mmm, Mattesons smoked pork sausage … Think about all the things you can stick this tasty, extraordinarily large sausage in…… Continue

A rear-end collision in a Ford Pinto could cause the car to catch fire and blow up.
An internal memo revealed that Ford execs were aware of the problem, but cost-benefit analysis showed that paying off potential law suits from deaths was cheaper than a redesign.… Continue

Last night I watched the memorial service for the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

During the commemoration, two speakers in particular struck me by what they said. The first was the Rev. Al Sharpton. Directly addressing Jackson’s children he said: “The… Continue