Nick Whyte points out here that the illustrious Pendennis column in The Observer has gotten his/her facts in bit of a twist. A distant cousin of his was previously both Irish and a British Ambassador in two separate postings in the 50′s and 60′s.
It took me a long time to warm to advertising agencies. The first time I worked with one I was working in sales management on Fairy Washing Up Liquid. I was due to attend a meeting at which I was to be told what consumers really thought of the brand. I remember my reluctance to [...] read our review »
Dr Gordon Gillespie, a researcher at the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast, gave a presentation on “Graphic Portrayals: Northern Ireland, Graphic Novels and the Peace Process”, at the Linen Hall Library. Gordon started with a clarification that he was going to talk about graphic novels/comic books, not cartoons, and material that was [...] read our review »
Looks like a case of it being too good a ‘fact’ to check, Mick.
Mick ,
Never even knew they had sites to post to back then !