Andrew Spurrier-Dawes

Jun 19, 2024 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Natasha Randhawa |Grace Gollasch |Andrew Spurrier-Dawes |Laylla AbuGharbieh

The ‘Mamasphere’ — aka the Internet of All Things Mother — blinked into existence in the late ’90s. As dial up hummed to life, mothers connected across borders and in chat rooms for the first time. The first wave of mommy bloggers, most notably Dooce(Heather Armstrong), penned irreverent, unfiltered confessionals on the messy realities of motherhood, and countered the picture-perfect madonnas of traditional media.

Oct 3, 2023 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Chris Jefford |Victoria Gerstman |Andrew Spurrier-Dawes |Sam Collenette

For as long as I can remember, I’ve struggled with my mental health…Deep depressions that I can see coming and yet am completely unable to stop enveloping me, rendering me lost, hopeless, and desperate for everyone to both leave me the fuck alone and stay close enough to hug me when I’m ready. Lord knows why I struggle.

Aug 21, 2023 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Andrew Spurrier-Dawes |Emily Rich |Faris Yakob |Simon Stokes

Children; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when elders enter the room, they contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers. Children are now tyrants. Socrates, circa 470 BCAs we grow older, we see the world differently…We find it hard to keep up with the constant change, but we’re also happier to sit back and be content, leading to us becoming more conservative (small c).

Aug 16, 2023 | creativebrief.com | Andrew Spurrier-Dawes

Andrew Spurrier-Dawes explains why getting comfortable with vulnerability is important both in life and in business EMEA Head of Precision Wavemaker I love a Louis Theroux documentary. Yes, his style is love-it-or-hate-it, but the communities he speaks to are extreme, incredibly interesting and all revolve around an imbalance in one of three basic human needs; the need to be a part of something; the need to feel power; and the need to be loved.

Jun 21, 2023 | creativebrief.com | Andrew Spurrier-Dawes

My therapist once asked me ‘What is the difference between a feeling and an emotion?’ I didn’t know then and still don’t really know. I mean, I understand the idea of what she was saying, but it’s not real to me because I don’t feel the difference. It’s like that scene from Good Will Hunting, where Robin Williams as Sean meets Matt Damon’s Will next to a lake in their second session together after Will had taken apart a painting he saw in Sean’s office.