Show Notes
The Campaign editorial team are back after spending last week (22 June - 26 June) at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026.
It was a week packed full with panels, parties and prizes and this episode of The Campaign Podcast sees tech and multimedia editor Lucy Shelley speak to the editorial team about their highlights as well as the work that took home the awards.
Shelley is joined by Maisie McCabe, Campaign's UK editor, Gurjit Degun, creativity and culture editor, and Charlotte Rawlings, deputy creativity and culture editor. The team discuss whether taste is an objective truth, which was the topic of a debate hosted by McCabe during the festival, Campaign’s daily livestream Live in Five, and how the UK performed.
The guests also reflect on Campaign’s Cannes Contenders, the pieces of work the editorial team thought deserved to win big at the awards such as Claude’s “A time and a place” by Mother and Coinbase’s “Your way out” by Isle of Any.
Further reading:
Claude and Mother win Film Grand Prix at Cannes 2026 Cannes Contenders: Coinbase Cannes Contenders: Anthropic Cannes Contenders: Waitrose & Partners The Cannes taste debate: David Kolbusz, Lynsey Atkin, Chaka Sobhani and Rick Brim Wieden & Kennedy's Ana Balarin: Craft can be a distraction from weak ideas Cannes Lions 2026: final UK winners table
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