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Design For Living. February 2013.

Dear Rowley, Never a dull moment is there? Meteorite showers over Russia, Popes throwing in the crosier (Ex Benedict anyone?), queens abdicating and now to cap it all Martine McCutcheon’s gone bankrupt. It’s terribly hard to keep body and soul … Continue reading →

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Skyfall.October 2012.

Dear Rowley, To the Barbican cinema to see Skyfall: the new James Bond. When I used to date an RSC actor, he told me that there were nuclear bunkers underneath the Barbican for the royal family no less should the … Continue reading →

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Savile Row Diamond Jubilee. June 2012.

Dear Rowley, Have you been watching the French Open finals this weekend? I have been rather bashing the BBC of late but have to say you long for Sue Barker when watching a sports event on ITV. The ad breaks … Continue reading →

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Diamond Jubilee River Pageant. June 2012.

Dear Rowley, I simply could not go to bunk on Diamond Jubilee River Pageant day without passing comment about the BBC coverage of what should have been a dignified, happy and glorious moment in British history. As you know, I … Continue reading →

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This is London. March 2012.

Dear Rowley, Where do you go to surrender? I’ve always relied on the new Madonna album to keep me out of the elephant’s graveyard for clubbers old enough to know better. So I was the first in the queue to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anderson & Sheppard, BBC, Britain's Got Talent, Burberry, Daniella Westbrook, Dear Rowley, Desert Island Discs, Eden Roc Hotel Miami, Gang Bang, Gianni Versace, Grace Kelly, Guy Ritchie, I Don't Give A, James Sherwood, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liberty, London, Madonna, MDNA, Miami, Moussaieff, No 17 Clifford Street, Olympic Games 2012, Paul Musso, Rupert Everett, South Beach, Stella McCartney, Thames & Hudson, The Perfect Gentleman, Union Flag

Design For Living. February 2013.

Skyfall.October 2012.

Savile Row Diamond Jubilee. June 2012.

Diamond Jubilee River Pageant. June 2012.

This is London. March 2012.

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