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Aug 19 2010 5:13PM
Pimp my profile: trafficking figures debate missing the point

Yesterday’s Association of Chief Police Officers report into so-called “off-street' prostitution threw up a new – and already much-discussed – figure of 2,600 women and girls trafficked into forced prostitution in England and Wales...

Aug 18 2010 7:41PM
Tainting the brand: the Taliban take PR back to the stone age

If the Taliban were a product PR companies would be studying their tactics. Because they’ve certainly got massive “brand awareness”. Aside from al-Qaida (and maybe not even them), they’re surely the most talked about armed group in the...

Aug 18 2010 4:01PM
Non! Not good enough, Mr Castro!

As a wee young thing my mum used to send me to ballet lessons. A bittersweet pill I recall because while I disliked immensely ballet, I used to love the tap dance and jazz dance classes which followed. One of the reasons why I hated...

Aug 17 2010 12:00PM
Tainting the brand: the Taleban take PR back to the stone age

If the Taleban were a product PR companies would be studying their tactics. Because they’ve certainly got massive “brand awareness”. Aside from al-Qaida (and maybe not even them), they’re surely the most talked about armed group in the...

Aug 16 2010 7:04PM
Football at an arts festival? Comedians stand up for one of their own

I’m in the unusual position of being sunburned in Scotland, after spending yesterday at the Comedians vs Critics football match at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank stadium. The final scoreline was 3-2 to the comedians and both teams played their...