What a ride. ‘From Here To Here’ was our most ambitious project to date, and has given 26 more profile...
Paul Burke should start the ‘Shut Up and Get On With It School of Writing’. He got into advertising from...
I was asked recently to go and take a brief from a design consultancy for a corporate writing job. It’s...
To celebrate our third birthday, we held a shindig at the Truman Brewery in London’s Brick Lane. As 26ers met...
Arriving early at Colchester’s Arts Centre, we immediately suspected someone had pulled a fast one. The cabbie dropped us at...
Predicting the year ahead in Design Week, John Allert of Interbrand wrote: “Design can no longer be defined by the...
Can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques...
He’s a bigger employer than General Motors and can still teach you a lot, says John Simmons Sunday June 3,...
“Once upon a time you dressed so fine, threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?” Bob Dylan,...
Punctuation. A writer’s best friend or creative straightjacket? Martin Lee, Acacia Avenue To me, punctuation marks are like extra letters...
Oh the terror of appearing on stage! So thought ten Dark Angels when script writer, director, producer and star of...
That was the aim when 26 member Mike Reed took the helm of design blog Noisy Decent Graphics for a...
Hampstead or Harrogate? Leeds or Land’s End? Bristol or Belfast? Where’s the best place for a writer to ply their...
Editor’s note: Every month, members are kind enough to send in their recommendations for events, films, books, exhibitions and websites....
The readings, literary walks and other events of Free the Word! brought world literature to London’s South Bank on the...
What advice would you give to a young graduate starting out in copywriting? Fiona Thompson I’d start by making friends...
John Simmons is a founder-director of 26, and widely regarded as the person who set the current tone for tone...
When you’re writing for design, the first thing you need to get a handle on is the dynamic between client,...
This is bad enough So please … Don’t give me gobbledegook. Don’t give me pages and dense pages and “this...
The café at Falmouth’s magnificent, modern Maritime Museum was filling up with tanned, greying women and men, with taut, toned...
Our Wordsworth survey was completed by 63 members, which goes to show that it can’t have been that hard. Thanks...
Green Thing is a not-for-profit initiative that makes green behaviour easier and more enjoyable. By suggesting one thing a month...
How can pictures tell a story without words? How can words grab attention without pictures? This age-old debate was given...
Most of us are happy to show off our finest work at the earliest opportunity, but the nightmare jobs seldom...
Michael Wolff at 26: “I’ve been sacked twelve times. I’m very used to it.” One of the things Wally Olins...
When I was a student at university I tried whenever possible to insert a reference to Bob Dylan into my...
Abused and over-used. In the context of business writing, what words or phrases really annoy you? Simon Caulkin, The Observer...
Writing awards: are there enough of them and do they mean anything anyway? Martin Lee, Acacia Avenue There’s definitely a...
Even if they were paying top dollar, who wouldn’t you work for? Heather Atchison Even if they were paying me...
Could you forgive a great campaign idea if it was badly written? Roger Horberry, Alp Associates No. In fact I...
Imagine the scene… Opens on a smart, glass-walled City lawyer’s office. Two people sit facing each other over a meeting...
Tone of voice: valuable business commodity or meaningless buzzphrase? Chris Bird, Word Bird Ben & Jerry, those chunky monkeys, were...
26 held a special event with Dominic Dromgoole, Patrick Spottiswoode, Peter Kyle, Yolanda Vazquez and John Simmons at the Globe...
Common Ground’ is a book in which writers write about other writers they admire, the places with which they are...
It was billed as a candlelit evening in Milton’s Cottage, the tiny bolt hole in Chalfont St Giles where he...
Our intrepid reporter Rishi Dastidar does his best to remember what happened at the 26 Christmas Party 2006. Take one...
With a year-long jaunt coming to a close, and nearly all points of the Isle covered, what better place for...
On Saturday 26 May, 26-ers George Craigie and Jamie Jauncey helped entertain passers-by in Aberdeen with an illustrated talk on...
Plain English – good business practice or just plain boring? Lindsay Camp, writer and author of ‘Can I Change Your...
What should we get paid for our writing? Can we put a price on our words? Apart from pornography, what’s...
On 24 November, Faber & Faber kindly played host to a 26 event for a second time. It was nearly...
As 2007 draws to a close, 26 members name their most memorable piece of writing of the year. (That’s as...
Marketing communications are the least of most companies’ problems. They hire agencies and pay their fees to research and write...
Which comes first – writing or design? A conclusive answer came at a memorable evening hosted by the London Design...
Do you fancy yourself as the next Matt Groening or Nick Park? Even if your drawing’s rubbish and your plasticine...
I’ve just published a book about Sunshine. ‘What about sunshine?’ you’ll probably say, if you’re like many I have told....
How useful is an English degree for a career in business writing? John Simmons I’ve got an English degree and...