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Diary: Let's Meet at - Bentley's

Reviewed by Olly Scott, Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial.

Diary: Hit or Miss... Let ITV entertain you

Getting Robbie Williams to appear at the 2005 British Comedy Awards proved a fillip to the event's profile, but the move came at a cost. Williams was secured with the understanding he would hand out an award to celebrity friends Ant and Dec. It has subsequently emerged after an Ofcom investigation that ginger comic Catherine Tate actually won the public vote. The nefarious actions of the ITV team involved may have been a good bit of PR initially, but headlines three years on have been devastating.

Diary: Eco-boat taken up the Panama Canal

PR Week UK
16-May-08

When PR involves you doing things you don't expect lesson number 46:

Diary: Bloggers are outing agencies, for spam

PR Week UK
16-May-08

On the subject of fond memories, Diary readers and techies wandering around the blogosphere may recall Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine, blocking the emails of PROs he deemed unworthy of his time and attention.

Diary: We are family, I got all my PR with me

PR Week UK
16-May-08

Speed racer Lewis Hamilton regrets taking part in a pre-Turkish Grand Prix publicity stunt for McLaren title sponsor Vodafone. It is easy to see why. The Brit was hoisted on to the stage on high wires, portraying the Greek god Apollo, during a show depicting the battle of Troy. All of this while wearing his Vodafone fireproof suit.

Diary: Just don't ask him for spare change

PR Week UK
16-May-08

When famously spiky former editor of The Sun, Kelvin MacKenzie, caused spontaneous audience combustion at the Charity Communications Conference in Euston, Diary could have been knocked down with a feather. Attached to a baseball bat. Attached to a freight train.