PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Ben Creed is the pseudnoym for Chris Rickaby and Barney Thompson. Chris found his way into advertising as a copywriter and, after working for various agencies, started his own called Everything Different. Barney is a classically trained musician who studied under the legendary conducting professor Ilya Musin at the St Petersburg Conversatory for two years. He is fluent in Russian and is now an editor.
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