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What Henry Moore teaches us about publishing

02Jul10

Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1936 I’ve been to see Henry Moore at Tate Britain twice now and I plan a third visit before the exhibition closes in August. My favourite room in the exhibition is the one you come to last, Room7: Elm. I love the Elm room so much because for me it is [...]

The importance of good management

02Jun10

Reading through a couple of articles by Ruth Spellman, Chief Executive of the Chartered Management Institute, a few issues she raises rang alarm bells, and I imagine they will do for hundreds of people across the UK’s publishing industry. In an article about management style Ruth wrote. If we are serious about pushing the UK [...]

The importance of clarity

23May10

You wouldn’t expect a broken lens to take a perfect picture, it will take one, but it will come out looking like half the image it could have been, even if the person processing the image isn’t making a mistake. A lack of clarity is a very real and present danger in publishing, without leaders [...]

Don’t crave followers. Do crave advocates.

05May10

Image by Spencer Tunik People like making and maintaining human connections; they are what make us who we are. The people we form these connections with become acquaintances and friends; you can have a shared experience with these people that make a valuable addition to your life. If you form a connection like this you [...]

Dad: “David, pass me the Seven magazine”
David: “Here’s the Culture magazine, it’s better”

02May10

It’s a Sunday afternoon and we’ve got The Sunday Telegraph and The Sunday Times on the go in the living room, the floor is a patchwork of around 25 different papers and supplements (some are possibly from yesterday’s Times), many of these papers have accumulated next to me as I slowly plough my way through [...]


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