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Split Personalities. March 2014.
Dear Rowley, So the various childhood friends, relations, celebrity friends and of course the fourth estate are queueing-up to eulogise L’Wren Scott. Of course what they are really doing is an exercise in muck-raking prurience and an attempt to absolve … Continue reading
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Tagged Archie Leach, Billie Holliday, Cary Grant, Champagne, Dear Rowley, Edith Gassion, Edith Piaf, Einstein, Eleanor Fagan, Frances Gumm, Harlean Carpentier, James Sherwood, Jean Harlow, Judy Bennett, Judy Garland, L'Wren Scott, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Luann Bambrough, Margarita Cansino, Marilyn Monroe, Newcastle, Norma Jean Baker, Rita Hayworth, Sir Mick Jagger, Soho
Hypocrisy. March 2014.
Dear Rowley, Due to ‘the Troubles’ I have had the opportunity to watch George Osborne deliver the 2014 Budget. Naturally I’d rather be watching a DVD of Brigadoon but one does need to keep an eye on what our elected members … Continue reading
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Tagged African Dictators, alcohol tax, Benidorm, Bloomsbury Towers, booze tax, Brigadoon, British Army, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Tate, Chancellor of the Exchequer, cigarette tax, Dear Rowley, Eric Pickles, Eton, Fake Bake, Fanny Adams, Gatwick, George Osborne, Grecian 2000, Heathrow Terminal 5, Help for Heroes, Help To Buy, ISA, Jabba the Hutt, James Sherwood, Jermyn Street, Kowloon, La Farmer, LAs Vegas, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liverpool, Louis Vuitton, Macau, Mary Queen of Scots, Monoloply, Nan Taylor, New £1 Coin, NHS, Nick Clegg, Nigel Havers, Old Mary's Tart Shop, One Direction, One Erection, Palace of Westminster, Prime Minister David Cameron, Raf, Royal Navy, St Paul's School, Susan Farmer, The Budget 2014, The Coalition, Theresa May, Tugboat Annie, Twitter, Ukraine, Vince Cable, Vladimir Putin, Wednesday Addams, Welfare State, Westminster, Winston Churchill
Casualty. March 2014.
Dear Rowley, As you know the fashion world is not one I have wished to engage in for rather a long time not least for retaining sanity. But I have watched from the wings and have to say one of … Continue reading
Necromancy. March 2014.
Dear Rowley, Wasn’t the sunshine glorious in London today? So which clown decides to wear an Anderson & Sheppard grey flannel jacket with Uniqlo grey flannel slacks? Some people. As Vreeland says, ‘on you it works’. So I decided to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alastair Crowley, Anderson & Sheppard, Blithe Spirit, Bloomsbury Square, Brighton Pier, Brooks's Club, Covent Garden. Dame Angela Lansbury, Dear Rowley, Diana Vreeland, Gypsy Rose Lee, James Sherwood, John Rocha, Julie Burchill, King Solomon, Kneely Smith, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Madame Arcati, Margaret Rutherford, Neely Smith, Pall Mall, Psychic Readings Shop Covent Garden, Rector Roddy Leece, St George's Mayfair, The Valley of the Dolls, Thoth Tarot Cards, Tweeps, Twitter, Uniqlo, Wicked Witch of the West End