SKV Conversations

Danny Boyle and the Manchester slumdogs

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Danny Boyle: how lovely to behold a softly-spoken, self-deprecating Northern chap undermining the cigar-chomping image of a famous director with a fistful of Oscars. But Boyle will always reference his upbringing in Radcliffe, his family, his teachers, his dad's social club - and he never fails to... continue reading

Tags: cinema, creative industries PR, Hulme, Manchester PR agency
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Nice job for ad-man and the media alike

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

The walking ad-man Jason Fruen, who turned himself into a human billboard, has been offered a job. It was fascinating to me that, if you read Saturday's Manchester Evening News, the story reported that it was "after his picture appeared in the MEN." The 39-year-old from... continue reading

Tags: bbc northwest tonight, channel m, manchester evening news
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Panic, momentum and Groupthink

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

It's good to see that serious academics have turned their attention to the question of whether, as my last blog questioned, the media can actually bring about further economic bad news simply by reporting it in certain ways. When I heard... continue reading

Tags: Crain's, Radio 4 Today programme
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