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Everybody Loves Oscar February 2011

Dear Rowley, Did you stay up to watch the Oscars? No, me neither. Never mind Sky +. It gets in the way of Radio 4 and The Archers. I never thought Ruth could get more irritated until she had that … Continue reading →

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Sew on a Sequin February 2011

Dear Rowley, As they say in the US of A, another day another dollar. What did the weekend hold? Juicy Jennie, Pete and I spent all day Saturday finishing off the photo essays for Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries … Continue reading →

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Windsor Castle February 2011

Dear Rowley, A jaunt yesterday to the royal archive in Windsor Castle with His Royal Keithness from Henry Poole & Co to try and track down a photograph of King Edward VII as Prince of Wales wearing the first short … Continue reading →

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Where do you go to my lovely? February 2011

Dear Rowley, Well darling, today’s the day when His Royal Keithness and I go to Windsor Castle to visit the Royal Archive and search for the fabled photograph of Edward VII as Prince of Wales sporting the prototype dinner jacket … Continue reading →

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Bunga Bunga! February 2011

Dear Rowley, Have you ever been to a Bunga Bunga party a la Silvio Berlusconi? I think I have but did not realise until in retrospect. There was a lady – and I use that word loosely – on Radio … Continue reading →

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Everybody Loves Oscar February 2011

Sew on a Sequin February 2011

Windsor Castle February 2011

Where do you go to my lovely? February 2011

Bunga Bunga! February 2011

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