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Authored opinions, cultural reviews and industry insights from our team, peers and clients.
Brothels, Bishops and Bards
We joined a Blue Badge Guide called Brian, who promised to reveal the secrets and stories of the short stretch...
The Tempest at Shakespeare’s Globe
For our August Cog Night, we headed to Shakespeare’s Globe to watch The Tempest. Having never seen or read The...
Jon Savage in conversation with Michael Bracewell
As part of the hugely popular 'David Bowie is' exhibition; writer, broadcaster and journalist, Jon Savage, was joined by fellow...
RA Summer Exhibition
On the 21st of June the team set out on an outing to the infamous Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition. For...
Pick Me Up
On what turned out to be a glorious, almost summer-like evening, the Cog team meandered their way along the Strand...
Ansel Adams – At The Waters Edge
I've always been a fan of Ansel Adams's work, since my first photography lesson at art college, so when I...
Last and First Cabaret
Let me state at the beginning - I have a lot of affection for Greenwich Dance. We worked with them...
A Cog Christmas special
Last night we all donned our most festive attire and prepared for a very special Cog Night outing. Pig, turkey,...
The Architects
Our first Cog Night of 2013 was spent in a freezing-cold unit on an industrial estate in South London. We...
Intro at Design Museum London
The most recent event of the ‘Long Lunch’ lecture series saw Julian House, of the Intro partnership, visit Design Museum...
Ghost Bus Tour
The necropolis bus (a converted Routemaster) looked magnificent, twinkling under Edwardian street lights, evoking memories of every London based, fog...
D&AD President’s Lectures – Hegarty on Advertising
We at Cog love a D&AD lecture, if only because they to generate such strong conflicts of opinion amongst our...
Emirates Air-Line and The O2 Arena
It's just a short journey east of our studio to the o2 Arena and the Emirates Air-line, which has opened...
Walter Isaacson at the Royal Institution
In the room where the Victorians explained and codified science, the Science Museum Director, Roger Highfield was in conversation with...
Grayson Perry at the British Museum
In a small shrine, in the enoumous chasm of The British Museum's Great Court, Grayson Perry has curated an installation...
Illuminate! at British Library
Illuminate! was part of the British Library’s Spring Festival, a celebration of creativity, fashion and design. For one night only,...
OMA at Barbican
An exhibition on OMA, one of the most influential architecture practices working today. Celebrated as much for their daring and...
Dickens and London
Through the first half of his bicentenary, Museum of London hosts a comprehensive exhibition about Charles Dickens, his influence on...