I was doing a little research in the fascinating Macmillan News Archive and came across the 10 February 1987 issue which is all about HM's death - his funeral in Westminster Abbey, reminiscences and obituaries from around the Macmillan world. It's worth a look. As is this is interview with Peter Cook who is almost better than the real thing. A wonderful Cook as Macmillan quote from a description of a summit meeting with JFK:

"We talked of many things, including Great Britain's position in the world as some kind of honest broker. I agreed with him when he said no nation could be more honest, and he agreed with me when I chaffed him and said no nation could be broker."

Back to the present and an irresistible parable about advertising today from a superb blog - Logic+Emotion - about marketing and design which was brought to my attention by Ann Michael.

I cannot resist posting this entry on the Future of Publishing from The Millions - a blog about books because it is entirely sensible in its review of Macmillan New Writing and because it helpfully lists all the titles available in the USA even though no American publisher was interested in the series.