Wow – it's ben a long time since anyone asked us to provide unpaid creative work as part of a pitch. But the External Affairs team at a London Borough have just done so. Why do people think that's OK? Well, it's because designers keep doing it. Stop free pitching!

Do you really want to unsubscribe from the list: 'All Open and Lost Leads'?

We're hiring! 🤗 The Campaign for the Arts is looking for a 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 to engage and involve people with our work, at a crucial moment for the future of the arts in the UK. Deadline 11 Sept → campaignforthearts.org/about/jobs/

Sweet announcement from the train guard, asking people to set themselves an alarm so they wake up before their stop. #LastTrainToTheKentCoast

Jaha Koo’s Cuckoo was terrific (poignant, shocking, clever, informative, thought-provoking, subtle and hard hitting) tonight at Bridewell Theatre. It's on tomorrow too. It marks the start of #LIFTtheCity from LIFT

We launched a new website and brand identity for Leicester Square Theatre ✨ … complete with a bespoke ticketing system integration, playful visuals throughout and a snappy instant search Big thanks to the Cog Design, LST & Ticketsolve teams 🙌 Take a look 👉 leicestersquaretheatre.com

A big hello to Nazma Noor Cog Design, who will join us at Digital Marketing Day 2023 to discuss Search Engine Optimisation. We can’t wait to see you in London. Find out more about Digital Marketing Day here: a-m-a.co.uk/digital-market…

Closing Time is a fittingly brilliant ending to the Death of England series from Clint Dyer and @royboywilliams. I've loved every episodic installment of this balanced, thought provoking, realistic drama series. National Theatre

Tomorrow, for Cog Design's Breakfast Briefing, I'll be interviewing Alistair Smith, editor of The Stage. What should I be asking him?

So unsettling to hear that we share a world with people who would plan and take a deliberate trip to destroy something so beautiful. This photo is of me and our youngest, Flying the Flag (by Ai Weiwei) for Human Rights. flytheflag.org.uk Fuel #FlyTheFlag

I saw 2 brilliantly crafted shows, upstairs Soho Theatre last night. Ben Targét's Lorenzo was hugely moving and tender (and he serves coffee on the way in). liv ello and Frankie Thompson's Body Show is far from subtle but ever clever in all the right ways.

Went to a magic show... Almost every man in the audience felt the need to explain how (they thought) each trick was done, in a stage whisper, to their partner. And several wanted us all to know that they knew the Santana track playing in the interval. #unbelievableshow

"Turning a moment we never asked for into the opportunity of a lifetime" Thanks to @rossmccall75, our brilliant Breakfast Briefing speaker, talking us through the huge undertaking of renaming and rebranding an arts venue.

... and you'd get to work with me....

#50onedollarbills Dear CIRCA and Nadya Tolokonnikova Of course I'd love to win one of these prints. Please do consider compressing the images you use in these competitions. I've got this one down from 5MB to 200K which is saving a lot of energy use. Wanderley & Daniel.art

Within Touching Distance is an exceptional experience. A 25 minute, unsetelling, comforting, emotional, disturbing, one-to-one experience from childhood to care-home via VR, sensitive touch and a bit of dressing up. It's at University of Greenwich until 17 Dec ZU-UK

At the theatre. The man next to me spent the first 10 minutes looking up the price of the furniture on the stage. Then fell asleep.

Not a lot of theatre news today.

'This message has no content'

"I want to connect on LinkedIn... I help corporates & professionals generate wealth…" Urgh. How awful for you. I won't be connecting, thank you.