Comments on: british advertising continues to die (hurrah)

By: Jack Yan

Jack Yan — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:52:52 +0000

I venture to Wardour Street for a feed, but not much else. For good reason.

By: AMG

AMG — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:41:58 +0000

Oh, lord, that is a fantastic cartoon. GREAT blog!

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:27:52 +0000

Leonard, good points.
Of course, you could argue that the British TV/Film industry is getting more and more irrelevant, as well…

By: Leonard Payne - The Priest

Leonard Payne - The Priest — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:04:52 +0000

Two small points.
(1) Centres of gravity shift — It maybe that New York is more creative than London at the moment in the ad scene. (Copenhagen has some groovy entrepreneurs though)
(2) Wardour Street is not only too close to the film industry. it’s also too close to the porn industry. There’s incredible symbiosis between the ad scene and the porn scene.

By: AdPulp

AdPulp — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 03:01:16 +0000

Piers Poo Poos Conservative London Creatives

Englishman, Piers Fawkes, visited London recently and came away unimpressed by the staidness evident in British ad circles. There are a few folk in the UK who are very switched on, I grant you, but a lot of agency people…

By: davidcoe...

davidcoe... — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:09:35 +0000

I worked on Wardour Street in the late 70’s / early 80’s — I think you’re spot on Hugh!
At that time what we were actually doing was making trailers for the director to get a Hollywood gig…