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Covid filming precautions
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve started filming again – after summer spent in pre-production of the videos we’re currently working on. In this new corona-virus world, this means we’ve had to think carefully about how to keep our shoots safe, so I thought it would be worth sharing the Covid filming precautions we […]
Rough House Services: Frequently Asked Questions
What is Rough House Media – what do you do? We specialise in helping clients raise their profile, improve their mediarelations and deliver their key messages via bespoke training courses, media and crisis communications consultancy and video production. We pride ourselves on the high quality of our work and excellent customer service: we have clients who […]
Coronavirus outbreak: A question of trust
I went into Boots to pick up a prescription (nothing serious) and as I was queuing, I spotted a notice about surgical masks. It said they had all been sold out and gave no indication when further stocks would be available. When I asked an assistant if she knew any more, she shrugged her shoulders […]
BBC’s Maitlis: “Just answer the question”
Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis echoed the thoughts of many when she delivered a scathing assessment of the way UK politicians approach media interviews. Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, she said they rarely answer questions and as often as not will say the opposite of what they really believe. Another annoying development, she said, was […]
Off the record: lessons from the Huawei controversy
The government has become embroiled in another unwanted controversy – this time over leaked information about a meeting of the National Security Council. It would appear the Council, which is chaired by the PM and is made up of senior cabinet ministers, is anything but secure after details of their talks were passed on to […]
Chakrabarti’s lesson in interview etiquette
One of the worst things you can do in a media interview is to be rude or insult the person asking the questions. It doesn’t matter who they are and what line they take, you should always be polite and treat them with respect. Failure to do so can have painful consequences, especially when you’re […]
George Osborne mea culpa: Never too late to say sorry?
Former chancellor George Osborne has finally admitted that he and David Cameron let the Remain side down in the EU referendum. The expression of regret came on the BBC’s Newsnight programme more than two years after the UK voted to leave the European Union. Exit polls suggested Remain had won by a narrow margin but […]
Debut novel Astraia hits the bookstands
We are thrilled that our co-founder Graham Fitzgerald has had his first novel published this month – it’s called Astraia: Spirit of Defiance. Here is his take on how he did it. I remember someone asking me when I was 20: “What is it you most want to do?” “Be a writer,” came the reply. […]
Jamie Carragher spitting spat: Beware mobile phone cameras
The spitting incident involving the former Liverpool and England defender and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher is a lesson for us all. Carragher was caught on video spitting from the window of his car at another vehicle which had pulled up alongside. It was driven by a man who was goading him about Manchester United’s […]
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