All Spin Class articles – Page 5
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NewsSpin class: Lockdown romance?
Zoom, BlueJeans, FaceTime with mum and dad; for four weeks that’s been my only contact with the outside world. Until my surreal, lonely world was interrupted by a former (male) colleague emailing to say he’s alone, healthy and would I like to “self-isolate” with him?
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NewsSpin class: Hard times
The hardest thing this week hasn’t been persuading my elderly parents not to go to Waitrose, saying no to that third glass of wine or staring enviously through the windows behind clients’ faces on Zoom at beautifully manicured lawns and acres of rolling countryside.
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NewsSpin class: Working from home
On Monday, it had just gone 10 when Sophie and I received a call from a client wanting to put their contract on hold.
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NewsSpin class: Cannes in June
Cannes in June. Sunshine. Two music stages on the beach going until 2am. Femi Kuti, the Afrobeat legend. Business people in jeans and T-shirts.
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NewsSpin class: RED (Run Every Day)
Oh joy! RED (Run Every Day) January is over – I sort of ran/jogged/walked fastish every day – and, best of all, I submitted all entries in time for the Property Awards deadline – just.
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NewsSpin class: Sunshine Sachs
Goldman Sachs, Sunshine Sachs (Harry and Meghan’s PR firm)… what is it about Sachs that sells? “We must inject a bit of Sachs into Pastis Communications,” Sophie says, as I slump in the chair after my first outdoor lunchtime run (well, jog) for RED (Run Every Day) January.
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NewsSpin class: January get-fitters
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. After years of deriding the January get-fitters, I’ve finally become one.
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NewsSpin class: sex, politics and religion
“Oh, thank goodness it’s over,” Sophie exclaimed this morning. They say you should never talk about sex, religion or politics at work. We’d avoided the first two, but politics was impossible to avoid with clients in the election run-up.
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NewsSpin Class: PR disaster
Ping! It’s an email from a good friend who is a journalist at a national paper. Following the biggest PR disaster in history (Prince Andrew’s interview with Emily Maitlis) and the resignation of the prince’s PR man, who advised against the interview, my friend wants input for an article on ...
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NewsSpin Class: social impact
“In turbulent times, become a quaker,” the advertising hoarding says.
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NewsSpin Class: Halloween party
“But it’s the pelvic thrust/That really drives you insane/Let’s do the time warp again,” I sing to my colleagues after snapping up 10 tickets for tonight’s Rocky Horror Picture Show movie night and Halloween party.
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NewsSpin Class: extinction rebellion
“What do you think of XR, Hen?” Sophie asks rather earnestly. “Oh, I like it,” I reply, looking down at my new iPhone. “I like the bigger screen, the face ID….”
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NewsSpin Class: Oktoberfest
To quote Alan Partridge: “Jurassic Park!” I’ve just received an email from a property guy I’ve known for quite a while, a potential client, inviting me to Expo Real in Munich next week.
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NewsSpin Class: HoF
“Hen, it’s your House of Fraser friend on the line,” Sophie calls out to me, as I walk in the door after a fairly boozy lunch with two of my former colleagues.
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NewsSpin Class: third client
Sophie and I were experiencing a Dickensian ‘best of times, worst of times’ existence, albeit we seemed to be displaying more foolishness than wisdom.
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NewsSpin Class: client list
With two clients to its name, Pastis Communications cannot be accused of doing a Purplebricks and expanding too quickly.
