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A House For Essex
In Wrabness, on the banks of the River Stour, at the north-eastern tip of Britain’s most misunderstood county is a...
SEO for arts & culture organisations
SEO (or search engine optimisation) can seem daunting, but if your site is well structured, your content well written and...
Jaws at Brockwell Lido
Sharks! Swimming Pools! Storms! The Cog team line up their towels on the pool side, ready for an outdoor screening...
The Bacc is back. We need to stop it.
The Government has announced its intention to introduce the EBacc, a performance measure for schools that will not include creative...
Resofit at Bloomsbury Theatre
It's Cog Night and the team gather at the Bloomsbury Theatre to watch some comedy at a fundraiser for Resonance...
Email has changed, have you?
The way we read email has changed beyond recognition over the past few years, so what can we do to...
Museum of the Order of St John: Private Tour
As our longstanding relationship with the historic museum continues, Curator Tom Foakes suggested a private tour for our April Cog...
Michael’s Walk to Work
As it was Walk to Work Week, Michael decided to do just that. He set off at 7am for his...
Who would win a branding ballot?
To lighten the mood in this serious election, Design Week asked a handful of designers what they think of the...
Man and Superman
Lydia's been to see some fine Fiennes in Simon Godwin's production of Man and Superman at the National Theatre.
Carter Wong at Typo Circle
As a small design studio, Carter Wong have punched above their weight for three decades. In a talk, titled 60...
Tony Brook at Wolff Olins
In their reasonably regular 'Because' talk series, agency Wolff Olins invite leading figures from design and advertising to share their...
Ben Wright at Design Council
As part of their regular series of short talks, Design Council asked Ben Wright, co-founder of DesignStudio, to Take 5....
Ruling Class at Trafalgar Studios
The Ruling Class is the latest play in the eclectic Trafalgar Transformed season. Starring James McAvoy, this is his second...
How To Hold Your Breath
In Zinnie Harris's new Royal Court Play, Maxine Peake is Dana, a woman waking into a crumbling nightmare. Michael went...
Pox! at The Old Operating Theatre Museum
They say love is blind. But is it also covered in boils, shedding hair, and missing its nose?
Advocating for culture
For the first time in our lifetimes we have a fixed date for the general election – 7th May. Arts...
Escape Rooms
January’s Cog Night challenged us to escape Ancient Egypt with only a walkie-talkie, a torch and our wits to guide...