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Authored opinions, cultural reviews and industry insights from our team, peers and clients.
Dirty Work (The Late Shift) – Forced Entertainment
For our June Cog Night we were back at Battersea Arts Centre for the UK premiere of Forced Entertainment's...
Late at the Gate: Ye Olde Tavern Quiz
For May's Cog Night we took Matt to the Museum of the Order of St John for his first ever...
Simon Esterson at Typo Circle
"Recently we've been using some big type and we've also been using some smaller type for text". Michael was at...
Speculative pitching
Why won't we take on unpaid creative pitches? Are we delusional, thinking clients might change their procurement processes? Michael explains...
A Practice For Everyday Life at Typo Circle
Matt and Michael are at St Brides for a Typographic Circle talk by Emma and Kirsty from A Practice For...
Mellor&Smith meet GFDA
Good Fucking Design Advice (GFDA) is an initiative from New York designers Brian Buirge and Jason Bacher. As part of...
Electricity at Wellcome Collection
This month’s Cog Night was not only my first with the team, it was also my first visit to the...
Hamlet at Almeida Theatre
The brilliant Andrew Scott gives us his Dane in a new production directed by theatrical wunderkind Robert Icke. Michael settled...
Bridget Christie: Because You Demanded It
Bridget Christie is about to take her Brexit material on tour. We caught the show for our February Cog Night....
Richard Gadd at Soho Theatre
January's Cog Night was another outing to Soho Theatre, this time to see Richard Gadd's very personal show, Monkey See,...
Blue Aeroplanes at O2 Academy, Islington
Art-rocking beatniks with altitude, The Blue Aeroplanes are back on the road with a new album. Michael caught their London...
Cultural highlights of 2016
Michael gives a month by month overview of his favourite cultural events of 2016…