As the 2026 #F1 season is about to begin here's a look back to a 1983 BMW ad featuring the Brabham-BMW team 🏎️

An ad for Penguin Books from 2001 #WorldBookDay

Today is #WorldWildlifeDay - here's a detail from a 1996 ad for The Wildlife Trusts featuring several examples of British wildlife

New York City’s subway is now blasting out adverts on some daily commutes: ‘This is violence’

Chupa Chups reveals impenetrable ‘final boss’ in new wrapper launch www.creativereview.co.uk/chupa-chups-... via Creative Review 🍭

Lidl launches its latest covetable high fashion bag, courtesy of artist Nik Bentel www.creativereview.co.uk/lidl-trolley... via Creative Review

Skiing in style in 1921 ⛷️ #WinterOlympics #Skiing

💘 A 1944 ad from America for Whitman's Chocolates on #ValentinesDay 💘

'...a sight for sore ears' on #WorldRadioDay

It's Friday 13th...what could possibly go wrong? 😱

11 February 1977 - David Bowie released 'Sound and Vision' as a single, taken from his latest album Low. 'Sound and Vision' was used by the BBC on trailers at the time, providing useful exposure, which was much needed, as Bowie opted to do nothing to promote the single himself. #BowieForever

#CityOf1000Trades In 1837, Alfred Bird invented Bird’s Custard Powder in Birmingham. The Custard Factory complex was originally constructed for Alfred’s son - also Alfred. Birds moved to Banbury in 1964. This poster dates from 1930. Reference: MS 514, Box 6 #LibraryofBham

Congratulations to Aardman who are celebrating their 50th anniversary: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... As well as the amazing films and TV series, Aardman have also produced some of the most memorable commercials of recent times. We have many examples of their ads, including this 2007 compilation.

Another day, another slightly baffling vintage advert from the archives ('a showerfully good idea' was right there!)

Curling looked quite different in 1950...not so much smoking in the event in 2026 🥌 #WinterOlympics #Curling #Sport #Advertising #Archives #Heritage

Cool ski wear from 1972 ⛷️

🏈 The best ads from Super Bowl LX: www.creativereview.co.uk/super-bowl-l... 🏈

It's time to 'Enjoy Leisure Moments' with the Six Nations rugby tournament starting this evening...hopefully the teams have had their energy and spirits buoyed by Allenbury's Diet (like the player in the 1927 ad below) and are ready for the matches to come 🏉

ITV to screen in-game ad breaks for first time during rugby’s Six Nations www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f... #rugby #sixnations #itv #advertising

Maltesers celebrates sisterhood in 90th anniversary campaign. The milestone work, showing women supporting women through life’s everyday annoyances, comes from ad agency AMV BBDO. www.thedrum.com/news/ad-of-t... via @thedrum.bsky.social

20 of the best campaigns from January. January is usually when marketing goes quiet. Budgets are tight, inboxes are full of “let’s circle back in Feb’ and many brands play it safe or functional with discount offers. Not this lot. www.famouscampaigns.com/2026/01/20-o...

BBC launches its trailer for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. This piece from Creative Review also includes a 'making of' featuring the impressive stop-motion animation of 3D printed athletes: www.creativereview.co.uk/bbc-creative... #TrailsWillBlaze #MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics

🥳 Happy #NationalChocolateCakeDay to all who celebrate 🥳

'Try my pie!'...you'll either love it or hate it #NationalPieDay #Marmite #Pies #Advertising #Archives #Heritage

Ikea hides its prices to showcase quality in latest campaign: www.creativereview.co.uk/ikea-hidden-... via Creative Review @motherlondon.bsky.social

With a trailer for the new Masters of the Universe film due out soon, it seems a good time to look back at the original He-Man toy line in this mail order catalogue image from 1985

“It’s more than just oil. It’s Liquid Engineering”. Anyone who was alive in the UK in the 80s will remember these ads for Castrol GTX. Created by John Simeoni at Dorland Advertising, the genius was in reframing oil as a precision-engineered component rather than just a lubricant. #advertising

Remembering the late English actor #BryanPringle who was born #OnThisDay in 1935, seen here with Sylvestra Le Touzel in the iconic 1985 Heineken🍺 advert "The Water in Majorca" directed by Paul Weiland

🐧 It's #PenguinAwarenessDay ...they always were my favourite chocolatey biscuit 🐧

Cadbury and VCCP continue their series of ads examining the emotional power of generous acts in a new spot set in Kuala Lumpur: www.creativereview.co.uk/cadburys-lat... via Creative Review

Celebrating #InternationalHotandSpicyFoodDay with this 2012 ad from #Heinz

It would be hard to think of a more typical 1920s image than this advert in the Long Eaton Advertiser of 1923 for the silent movie 'Smilin' Through' starring the biggest box office star of the time, Norma Talmadge. #1920s

DriWay Weathercoats 'for absolutely beastly weather' (1966)

Very flattered to be part of the GLAM Squad! Have a look through this list for other Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums to follow: go.bsky.app/Ms7endH #heritage #glam

It's time to get the fashionable rainwear out ready for #StormGoretti ☂️🌧️ #storm #weather #rain #advertising #clothes #archives #heritage

'There is life on Thursdays' according to the Melody Maker in 1980 www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re... #thursday #music #advertising #life #archives #heritage

Here's a fun advert for Guinness from a copy of The Cord, 1951! This is part of our disability sports collection which is usually a lot less Guinness focused.

Campaign offers free subscription to people in adland who have lost jobs... #advertising #media #marketing

"Coughs & sneezes spread diseases" but it's fine to carry on smoking a pipe. Timely Government advice from the 1940s, from the Brewers' Society archive. mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/BLR/...

An unsettling #snowman in this 1956 ad for Oxydol ☃️ #winter #advertising #snow #archives #heritage

Happy #NewYear from everyone at HAT. Here's an Alka Seltzer ad from 1961: www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re... #advertising #hangover #celebration #archives #heritage

#Christmas present wish list in 1981 #ComputerGames #VideoGames #HandheldGames #Console #Games

A classic Quality Street #Christmas ad from 1989-90 www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re... Advertiser: Rowntree Mackintosh Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Director: David Brown Production Company: Smith Jones Brown & Cassie Art Director: Alan Midgley Copywriter: Mark Wnek #advertising #chocolate #festive

As we offer to collect and preserve creative work from alumni of retired agencies such as #FCB, #MullenLowe and #DDB we're pleased to announce that we have set up a simple cash donation option to support our work via JustGiving to protect anonymity if required: www.justgiving.com/campaign/hat...

A traditional water skiing Santa scene from 1963 🎅 #christmas

The best ad campaigns of the year 2025 - Amid another turbulent year for the ad industry, plenty of engaging and compelling work was made. www.creativereview.co.uk/the-best-ad-... via Creative Review

🎄☃️🔔🎁 Wishing all our clients, friends, patrons, and supporters a Merry #Christmas and a Happy New Year! shorturl.at/rh56J 🎄☃️🔔🎁

Was there ever a time when this would have been 'The Best of all #Christmas Presents'? 🎅🎁😱

Not at all creepy hot water bottle for #Christmas ...the children will love it 🤡😱

With #StrangerThings returning to our screens it seems a good time to post this 1986 ad for Dungeons & Dragons #HellfireClub #DAD #games #roleplaying #rpg #advertising #archives