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Mr Blog, and the vanishing art of 'folk-branding'

Mr Blog, and the vanishing art of 'folk-branding'

Here's what happened when Mr Asbury visited all the UK's 'Mr' shops.

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Feb 04, 2022
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Hello hello,

First up, thank you 🙏. Last week’s episode on Jim Smith’s two-decade-performance-art-project-disguised-as-a-brand, Puccino’s Coffee-Shops, was read far and wide and made a few ‘newsletter of the week’ lists. Please do keep sharing the love. 😊

This week’s linguistic geek-out isn’t about a specific brand. It’s about Nick Asbury’s1 Mr Blog pro…

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