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The Master August 2010
Dear Rowley, The excitement. You remember I had a private view of the Royal Dress Collection at Kensington Palace earlier this year? Well, I was shown an ankle length mink coat owned by Princess Margaret by the fabulous curator Deirdre … Continue reading
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Tagged A Little Night Music, Archbishop Cranmer, Blithe Spirit, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Towers, Broadway, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Deirdre Murphey, Dunhill, Gary England, Getty Images, Judi Dench, Judith Watt, Katy Thomas, Kensington Palace, London, Madonna, Mapp & Lucia, Noel Coward, Peter Millard, Princess Margaret, Queen Mary, Radio 3, Radio 4, Ravel, River Cafe, Rothschild, Royal Ascot, Royal Dress Collection, Savoy, Savoy Beauties, Savoy Museum, Six Degrees of Separation, Stephen Sondheim, The Master
A Bevy of Savoy Beauties August 2010
Dear Rowley, You know those days when you’re longing to get home and devour the new issue of Love magazine and your last meeting drags like a patent leather pump treading on a court dress train? I always find it … Continue reading
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Tagged Agyness Deyn, Alice Delysia, Bassano, Bloomsbury, Bruce Weber, Bunny Lake Is Missing, Bvlgari, Chatsworth, Cristobal Balenciaga, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Duchess of Devonshire, Edensor, Edwardian, Egypt, Giselle, Hedda Hopper, Her Grace, Julianne Moore, Kelly Brook, Lady Meux, Latino, leopard, Lolly Parsons, Love, Love magazine, Madonna, National Portrait Gallery, Noel Coward, Rowley, sal volitaire, Savoy, Stella Tenant, Tom Ford, zebras
Four Minutes to the Stage Miss Callas August 2010
Dear Rowley, Well, this week has brought good news and bad. I’m always a believer in saving the best till last so here’s the bad news. It has been far north of 18 months that I have been working on … Continue reading
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Sir Tom Baker August 2010
Dear Rowley, I spent yesterday in Capri. Not the island, the dry cleaner on Southampton Row who looks after my shirts and suits on a weekly basis. The Queen of Capri is a terribly glamorous Irish lass called Gail who … Continue reading
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