Happy birthday to Grace Jones, seen here in an ad from 1987 for Olympus cameras 📷

🎉Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Creative Review Annual Awards for advertising 🎉: www.creativereview.co.uk/landing-page...

An ad from 1995 for BT which features VE Day celebrations, a shame that Terry Waite's message in the ad hasn't aged terribly well: www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re... #VEDay

Timothée Chalamet and David Beckham kick off adidas’ World Cup campaign: www.creativereview.co.uk/adidas-backy... #WorldCup2026 #Advertising #Football

✨ Legacy of the Festival of Britain at 75: Part II - Nationwide If you know where to look, Abram Games’ iconic Festival Star emblem can still be spotted in chip shops and shrubberies, on bridges and benches across the country. Here are some of our favourite finds...🧵

The Guardian revisits their famous 1986 'Points of View' ad 40 years on: www.theguardian.com/help/video/2... #advertising #heritage #archives @theguardian.com

May the 4th Be With You! A couple of #StarWars ads here...one for the Chewbacca bandolier (1983) which let you carry around your favourite figures attached to a cross body belt and one for the #EmpireStrikesBack game for the Atari 2600 console from 1982.

Were you up early enough to hear the birds celebrate #InternationalDawnChorusDay ? 🐦🐦‍⬛🦜🦚

Would you trust this man to sell you a health remedy? People did in 1926...does anyone know what the product was? 💊

The humble ZX Spectrum was released on this day in 1982...I'm sure lot's of people have fond memories of hours spent playing games like Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy and Horace Goes Skiing on the iconic rubbery keyboard #otd #speccy #gaming #computers #80s

Have you ever wanted to see the Earth used as a giant cassette player, or split in two and used as headphones? Well now you can in this 1978 ad for Philips cassettes: www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re... #EarthDay

Typhoo Tea poster created by Saatchi & Saatchi in 1983 #NationalTeaDay 🫖

🏃 Asics reframes race day in new OOH campaign 🏃 www.creativereview.co.uk/asics-refocu...

This 1991 ad for Guinness (directed by Ridley Scott) is the perfect thing for #WorldArtDay 🎨 www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re...

Cracking subway ad in Tokyo.

KitKat’s Little Breaks campaign rewards those who look twice www.creativereview.co.uk/kitkat-littl... #HaveABreak

As the Orion crew prepare for their return to Earth I wonder if they spotted a 1979 era Renault 14TS parked on the Moon #ArtemisII 🌕🚀👩‍🚀

100 years ago today! 31 March 1926 This ad for Armstrong Siddeley's Pullman 7 Seater appeared in Punch. 'Blue Train of the Roadway', refers to 'Le Train Bleu' a luxury French Riviera train, for wealthy travellers. For £1,450 you can't go wrong! Until you realise it would be over £115k today!🤑

The Creative Review Annual Awards 2026 Shortlists: www.creativereview.co.uk/landing-page... #advertising #awards

Cadbury has launched a limited-edition ‘GooTool’ after new research revealed the inventive ways Brits are eating their Creme Eggs. www.famouscampaigns.com/2026/03/cadb... @famouscampaigns.bsky.social

Punk masks, Walkmans and Choppers: Museum of Youth Culture to open in London. Opening in May, Camden museum has 100,000-item archive telling story of British youth subcultures, from mods and rockers, to ravers and emo. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... via @theguardian.com

Mr Happy looking happy on #InternationalDayOfHappiness in this 1998 ad for Lynx #MrMen

100 years ago today 20 March 1926 This ad for Caradium was in The Sphere newspaper. It was a 'hair restorer' containing Radium, a radioactive material! It promises to "...stop hair from falling, eradicate dandruff, restore colour and prevent greyness." Not sure we would try it, how about you?!😳

PGR and Centre for Design History Research Communications Assistant Sylvie Jane Lewis explores the imagery of the otherworldly at the Design Archives. Read now on our blog: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi... Harella Advertisement designed by FHK Henrion

🥳 Happy birthday to Dennis the Menace, who is 75 today 🥳 Here he is in an ad for Smarties from 1982.

Barry Scott stages surprise comeback for Cillit Bang www.creativereview.co.uk/cillit-bang-... #HiI'mBarryScott #BangAndTheDirtIsGone

A depiction of what looks like quite a disturbing dream in this 1947 ad for Harella coats. I don't think I want to see a merry-go-round of heads in my sleep #WorldSleepDay 💤

1985 - Natural Born Smoker tinyurl.com/3jvxypzy Agency: FCO Ltd Advertiser / Client: Central Office of Information Director: Barry Myers Production Company: Spots Film Services Ltd Art Director: Ray Barratt Copywriter: Rob Janowski Music: John Altman Cameraman: John Stanier #NoSmokingDay

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