Articles: October, 2009

Binge Drinking: can PR end the hangover?

October 28, 2009

Can PR help rid Britain of binge drinking? We ask the question following the news that Radiator PR has been appointed by Club 18-30 to update its image.
Radiator is a youth lifestyle agency with a significant presence in the surf industry, with clients such as Billabong, Relentless, Etnies and Fat Face.  Such brands must be [...]

Wanted: French judge (must be well-adjusted)

October 27, 2009

Yesterday we spoke of the American lawyer whose legal secretaries had to be adept at more than mere paperwork. Our occasional scribe, Alex Wade, contacted us as soon as he read our post. “I have a story about something just as bizarre,” he said, perhaps a little too breathlessly. He said it concerned a French [...]

Wanted: Legal Secretary (must be up for it)

October 26, 2009

To cries of ‘Only in America’ we bring you news of a highly unusual ad for a legal secretary. We’ve previously noted Bruce Carton’s commendable work over at Legal Blog Watch (you’ll recall that he’s the man who stepped in when the estimable Carolyn Elefant forsook blogging for a return to full-time legal practice), and [...]

Nick Griffin on Question Time: The Final Score

October 23, 2009

Swordplay took a keen interest in British National Party leader Nick Griffin’s appearance on BBC Question Time. Was it, as some feared, a publicity coup for the BNP – an early Christmas present, if you will – or was it a PR disaster? We asked our sometime scribe, Alex Wade, to stay up and watch [...]

Who is the world’s worst tennis pro?

October 22, 2009

While we’re on the subject of Robert Dee, doesn’t his case inevitably lead to an analysis of who precisely is the world’s worst tennis pro? For if Dee isn’t the world’s worst tennis pro, someone else must be. Indeed, it is surely possible that there are a number of very bad professional tennis players who [...]