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A delicious Mushroom Marvel Cake for #NationalCakeDay 🍄 🍰
1955 Stork Margarine - Mushroom cake - HAT20_2_45 (edited from original, longer format)
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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It's #EspressoDay...to celebrate here's an ad from the 1970s for 'Pocket Coffee' which is 'espresso coffee in a cup of chocolate': www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re...
#espresso #coffee #chocolate #advertising #archives #heritage
A still from a 1970s commercial for 'Pocket Coffee' (HAT2_1_99_106) A still from a 1970s commercial for 'Pocket Coffee' (HAT2_1_99_106)
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Is television like holding up a 'Magic Mirror to the World' as envisioned by this Ekco ad from 1947? #WorldTelevsionDay 📺
1947 advert for Ekco Television
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Finding the perfect pistachio green. Four hours of prosthetics daily. A Christmas jingle. A director phoning from Madagascar surrounded by lemurs.

Creative Partners Nick Bird and Lee Smith chat about all that went into bringing the Grinch to life for Asda.
Inside the Most Grinchly Campaign of the Season | Muse by Clios
The idea for Asda’s “Grinch” campaign began with a simple truth: everyone’s feeling the pinch right now. Christmas only amplifies that pressure.
musebyclios.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Something cheerful for a chilly November day.
This wonderful 1950s Austin car brochure was printed by Wills & Hepworth, the firm behind the 'Ladybird' brand.
(Artist uncredited)
A bright red minibus filled with cheerful travellers drives up the hill of a coastal road on a sunny day. The headlamps and the radiator grill give something of the look of a smile to the van
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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‘People still blame me for their perforated eardrums’: how we made the Tango ads www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... via @theguardian.com #advertising #tango #orange #brands
‘People still blame me for their perforated eardrums’: how we made the Tango ads
‘Gil Scott-Heron did the closing voiceover. He was giggling away, saying, “You English guys are crazy!”’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Calvert's Carbolic Toilet Soap for #WorldToiletDay
Calverts Carbolic Toilet Soap (HAT21_587_2_74)
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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We could do with a raincoat today...and one for the dog ☔
1951 Dannimac rainwear advert (HAT20_2_5)
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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"For the Southwark campaign, Bonner channelled the golden age of cigarette advertising, repurposing the cheery glamour of vintage tobacco marketing to expose how the same manipulative tactics are used today to normalise pollution."
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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A very kind and thoughtful present in this 1985 ad for Yellow Pages: www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re... #WorldKindnessDay #advertising #archives #heritage #trains #hornby
Still from a 1985 commercial for Yellow Pages titled 'Signal Box' (HAT59_10_8_37 Still from a 1985 commercial for Yellow Pages titled 'Signal Box' (HAT59_10_8_37
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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JD Sports asks its audience to shoot its new campaign
www.creativereview.co.uk/jd-sports-as... via @CreativeReview
JD Sports asks its audience to shoot its new campaign
Hundreds of young adults contributed footage shot on their phones to a short documentary by the brand, which explores the future through the youth of today
www.creativereview.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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1995 Royal British Legion - Poppy Appeal
'William Henry Rigby '

Agency: McCann-Erickson
Director: Anand Tucker
Production Company: The Producers
Art Director: Derrick Hass
Copywriter: Justin Rogers
Music: Barrington Pheloung

#RemembranceSunday
Still from 1995 Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal commercial 'William Henry Rigby' (HAT59_20_4_43) Still from 1995 Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal commercial 'William Henry Rigby' (HAT59_20_4_43)
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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After its 2024 Christmas disaster, Coca-Cola is attempting another AI holiday ad: www.independent.co.uk/life-style/c... via @the-independent.com
After its 2024 Christmas disaster, Coca-Cola is attempting another AI holiday ad
Soft drink company sought out the same AI studio for the job
www.independent.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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🎄This Christmas, you can wear a little piece of advertising history — the Quality Street Christmas T-Shirt www.next.co.uk/style/su7072...
Not only does it celebrate one of Britain’s most beloved brands, but a percentage of every sale supports HAT ☃️
#Brands #Christmas #Advertising #Nostalgia #Charity
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Hovis advert going hard

(Illustrated London News, 1896)
advert 'When striving to keep the wolf from the door, remember that it is not always the cheapest that is the most economic; the vast superiority of HOVIS over any other bread, either brown or white, both in its bone and muscle making substances, secures for it the coveted position of the "cheapest & best."' next to a black and white illustration of a snarling wolf
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Happy Guy Flakes' Night! 🔥 🎆
#GuyFawkes #Nov5th #Bonfire #BonfireNight #Fireworks #Cadbury #Flake #Advertising #Archives #Heritage
1982 Cadbury's Flake advert featuring Guy Fawkes on a bonfire made of Cadbury Flakes - 'Guy Flakes' NIght' (HAT63_2)
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Lego channels Lionel Ritchie for its action-packed Christmas ad
www.creativereview.co.uk/lego-christm... via Creative Review
#christmas #advertising #lego #fun #animation
Lego channels Lionel Ritchie for its action-packed Christmas ad
The brand’s festive campaign features a popular 80s power ballad, 97,000 bricks and a chorus of minifigure icons
www.creativereview.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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John Lewis tackles masculinity crisis in its 2025 Christmas Advert: www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta... via @the-independent.com #christmas #advertising #masculinity #johnlewis
John Lewis has gone full Adolescence in its 2025 Christmas advert
This festive season, the retailer has made an advert about a father and son rekindling their bond. It’s far too serious for a John Lewis advert, but it might be a welcome break from tradition
www.independent.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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A Sweet Way to Spend #Halloween 👻 🎃
1988 advert for Woolworths featuring sweets for halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Clarks opens new museum to celebrate 200 years of shoemaking www.creativereview.co.uk/clarks-new-m...
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#shoes #museum #footwear #brands #heritage #history
Clarks opens new museum to celebrate 200 years of shoemaking
The Shoemakers Museum is located in Somerset and celebrates the wide influence that Clarks shoes have had on culture, both in the UK and globally
www.creativereview.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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British Airways captures the magic of flight with ‘Reflections’ www.thedrum.com/news/2025/10... via @thedrum.bsky.social
#travel #photography #advertising #design
British Airways captures the magic of flight with ‘Reflections’
The work from Uncommon Creative Studio follows the 2024 campaign, ‘Windows.’
www.thedrum.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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1979 Smith's #Monster Munch
#EYAMonsters #Archives #Advertising #Food #Snacks
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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How's this for a creepy monster? This puzzle appeared on a late 19th century advert for the Derby Repairing Co. "The Great Repairing Kings".

#EYAMonsters #Victorian #puzzle
Two images showing the front and back of a small card on which a puzzle being an illustration of multiple faces appears with the text "The other side is not a puzzle, but a fact, and you will save time and money by dealing with us. THE PUZZLE OF PUZZLES. PUZZLE. COUNT FIFTEEN FACES IN THE ABOVE". The back of the card contains details of the services provided by the Derby Repairing Co. as well as their locations in the borough.
October 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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#Apples are a 'magnificent tonic' and 'wonderful for your skin'
#AppleDay #Food #Archives
1939-40 two adverts for Australian Apples (O&M)
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Why are brands returning to heritage slogans? www.creativereview.co.uk/why-are-bran... #advertising #heritage #history #brands #slogans #marketing #archives
Why are brands returning to heritage slogans?
A glut of brands have brought back their classic slogans recently. We examine if this is just nostalgia for simpler times at work or something more elaborate
www.creativereview.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM