Tag Archives: Ashes
On the search for England’s ‘lost’ Ashes season
Following England’s recent victory at the Oval to reclaim Ashes glory, reflections have been made far and wide on the scale of achievement accomplished. Amidst all the celebratory guff, Martin Johnson’s salient points in the Sunday Times last weekend rang … Continue reading
Filed under Cricket, Journalism, Sport
KP leaves the home team in need of some service and repair
Couln’t resist posting this today. With England cricket fans still reeling from the devastating annoucement of KP’s withdrawal from the remainder of the npower Ashes series, the above image found its way into two of the national broadsheets today. PA … Continue reading
Filed under Brands & Branding, Celebrity, Cricket, Journalism, Photography, Sport
Swine flu gets the Ashes treatment by Morland
The Times‘ Norwegian satirical politcal cartoonist, Morten Morland freqently delivers great insight onto topical issues with the stroke of his pen. What is quite striking about his style, is his tendency to cleverly merge two newsworthy subjects from completely different sections … Continue reading
Filed under Cricket, Current Affairs, Journalism, Politics, Sport
MCC members not above queuing
Hurrah! Just seen England beat the Aussies at Lord’s for the first time on 75 years. I have a fair few highlights of my own from the last few days at the second Ashes Test. These will follow in due course (once … Continue reading
Branson hits Oz for six in Ashes promotions
Looks like Richard Branson‘s up to his old tricks again. This week saw the Virgin Media boss (already renowned for his proactive PR stunts) project an enormous image of himself onto Sydney Harbour Bridge in an effort to rile the … Continue reading
Tweet your way to LA (and the Ashes)
It may be because the Ashes have taken over our office, and Twitter has taken over the Ashes, but it seems that more than ever before Twitter is ruling the world. Seriously, it has gone mental in the last few … Continue reading
English cricket hits the headlines for six
Not since England’s Ashes glory of 2005 has the British press devoted such column space to cricket this week. And understandably so. While the continuous Breaking News ticker rolling across Sky Sports News may have displayed the hyperbolic phrases of … Continue reading
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