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Savoy Countdown September 2010
Dear Rowley, Are you of the opinion that we should all really try to have a little more sex? I say this because it seems as if le tout London is doing The One Show on t’Internet and I am convinced … Continue reading
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Tagged Anda Rowland, Anderson & Sheppard, Anthony Powell, Art Deco, Ascot, BBC Fashion Royal Ascot, Bentley & Skinner, British Consul New York, Caligula, Cecil Beaton, Coronation Ball Savoy, Elaine Stritch, Faberge, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Suzanne, Katharine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Mathilde Kschessinska, My Fair Lady, Negroni, Noel Coward, Old England, Paris, Patrick Kinmouth, Rosy Runciman, Royal Ascot, Sail Away, sapphires, Savoy, Signature Suites, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Thames & Hudson, The Bay, The One Show, the Room, Tiberius, Toronto, Tsar, Valley of the Dolls, Wartski
More Savoy Stories September 2010
Dear Rowley, The holiday in Corfu is a distant memory. I have been a slave to the Savoy for the past few days. Magic occurred on Tuesday. I had a full day alone in the museum space to mark out … Continue reading
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London Fashion Week September 2010
Dear Rowley, As my taxi pulled up outside No 27c on Friday afternoon I noticed an altercation outside the Bloomsbury Ballroom. An unruly mob had gathered at the entrance clearly agitated and hyperactive. I noticed one little boy sprinting towards … Continue reading
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Dispatches from Corfu September 2010
Dear Rowley, Don’t other peoples’ holiday photographs bore you to sobs? My heart sinks when anyone returning from foreign shores whips out a digital camera and invites you to ‘share’ their holiday vicariously with interminable (and often inept) pictures that … Continue reading
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Tagged Albania, Augustus, Britannia, Corfu, Empress Livia, Esquire, High Society, I Claudius, London Fashion Week, Mapp & Lucia, New York Times, Rothschild, Saint Stefanos, Sam Clark, Savile Row, Savoy, Smythson, Thames & Hudson, Tom Ford, Toronto, True Love