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The Smell of Vinnie Jones

by Mark Simpson
December 22, 2020December 24, 2020

It’s that fragrant time of year again, and Brut are spraying the airwaves with a new TV ad, fronted by ‘ard man Vinnie Jones, the ex-footballer, ex-actor, ex-Guy Ritchie fetish object. Jones seized his claim to fame way back in 1988 by squeezing (the much better) footballer Paul Gascoigne’s wedding… Read More »The Smell of Vinnie Jones

Henry Finally Throws in the Towel

by Mark Simpson
May 8, 2011December 21, 2020

Much-loved British heavyweight boxer Henry Cooper died this week. Unborn in 1963, the year he nearly defeated Cassius Clay (the Brits love near-winners much more than winners), I remember him mostly for the curious Brut TV commercials he did in the 1970s that helped usher in the world of male… Read More »Henry Finally Throws in the Towel