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In a week when the profession's reputation and standing in the eyes of Joe Public sank lower than a snake's armpit, it has been hard to shake the feeling that many PR people are indeed cobblers' children.
A worsening financial crisis, growing distrust of politicians, concern over a scarcity of natural resources and the rapidly evolving nature of technology are just some factors reshaping society at all levels.
When Leveson published his report five months ago, could he have anticipated the ensuing turmoil or how far some would go to prevent his recommendations from becoming a reality?
Our front-page story last week uncovering the PR industry's exploitation of interns touched a nerve. Or seven.
If a century ago the index of the cost of intermediation (the amount taken by middlemen) in the retail and financial sectors was taken as being 100, by the present day in retail it would have plummeted to one.
The death of Margaret Thatcher has brought out the best, the worst, and the silliest in the British media.
On whichever side of the newly reopened political divide we sit, we should all, as communicators, ponder the insights left by the death of Baroness Thatcher.
Clients and agencies fall out all the time, but rarely do their tribulations end up in the High Court.
I was delighted to read an email from Neil Hedges, my old boss, saying well done for being in the PRWeek Power Book 2013 top 12.
It may not have carried the huge headlines of benefit caps and the price of beer or cider, but after a string of Government changes and announcements in recent weeks, local authorities across England and Wales are now facing up to one of their biggest challenges in decades.
