There are many ways of telling that someone has performed badly in an interaction with the news media. One of the most obvious signs is that if - after giving a particularly silly or reckless answer - they blurt out something like “I should not have told you that!” It...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered haunting memories for many people around the world. For some more senior citizens its tended to revive their personal World War Two recollections following Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939 - and other subsequent...

There are two particularly prominent characters on the world stage at present - one a clever communications hero; one a snarling spooky pantomime villain. Communications skills don’t always directly align with a person’s true character, but in these two instances the...

When it comes to dealing with tough questions - in media interviews and other professional conversations - there are two pathetic things which are particularly bad to be caught doing. The first is to be spotted deviously avoiding giving an honest answer to the...

When the history is written of how leaders behaved during Corona Times, there should be a special chapter on those who demanded one thing of their people - and then did the opposite themselves. It would be hard for any historian - or anyone else - to avoid the...