Author: Chris Mads

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    Yes we Cannes

    I’m currently sat in Nice Cote d’Azur Airport having just completed my second Cannes show. The Cannes event is my industry’s biggest of the year and it generally leaves a few people rather broken. From the moment the opening cocktail party starts on Sunday, until the show closes on Friday afternoon, it is a rollercoaster…

  • Escape to Amsterdam

    Sometimes the perfect preparation for a crazy time is an escape; with a new term looming for S and my busy season fast approaching we decided to hit the road for a city break. Truth be told, the last year has been pretty manic for the two of us and it was ideal to take…

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    Millennial Gent Diary

    So, it has been a while. Sorry. Sometimes life drifts along and sometimes it come in droves – and it has been flying lately. I’m not complaining; it has been a maelstrom of deadlines, work trips and holidays. But it hasn’t given me much time to speak to you guys, so apologies. As an example,…

  • Ready for cinema’s Final Score

    Cut to city centre street. A battered DeLorean explodes into view in a flash of smoke and flame, it swerves across the road and comes screeching to a halt next to a row of bins. A dazed Marty McFly stagers out of the car and looks about him. Marty: Ok, so, 2018. Doc must be…

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    8 things journalism has taught me

    Facebook’s Timehop can be a terrible thing. It is a vortex of photos of long-forgotten nights out and terrible haircuts all popping up just to dampen your mood first thing in the morning. But it is also a scary reminder of how much time has flown. I got onto Facebook during my first year at…

  • Time for tea with Yumchaa

    Tea is something of a national pastime here in the UK. But I think it is fair to say quite a few of us don’t know much about it beyond the obvious; “milk, no sugar please.” The folks at Yumchaa are keen to change all that. So last night S and I headed over to…

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    Escape to the country

    With weather like we are having it seems a crime to rush away to foreign climes. S and I love a good globe-trotting jaunt just as much as the next person, but as the madness of the last few weeks faded away we decided to escape for some R&R in the countryside. S knew of…

  • The day Suzy Bae took over my Twitter

    Social media is a strange beast. It has been a second nature part of my life for quite a few years, but it still manages to throw up a few surprises. I spend a large amount of my time – both personal and professional – on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For the first two of…

  • Why I blog…

    I’ve been quiet for the last couple of weeks here at Millennial Gent. It has been a hectic time at work and one of the side effects of writing for a living is that when work is busy the blog can get pushed to one side. This is partly because of time constraints and partly…

  • The similarities between VAR and Brexit

    Montgomery T Bear is a writer and adventurer. He is also, obviously, a bear. Born in the forests of Sweden, he has travelled extensively and now resides in London with his landlord Mrs Wilson. I’ve been very excited by the World Cup this summer. Well it seems fairer to say I have been caught up…