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Cannes Can. May 2013.

Dear Rowley, Couldn’t you just die for the French Riviera? I fell in love with the Cote d’Azur aged five when I first saw Cary Grant’s dashing jewel thief and Grace Kelly’s American heiress play cat and mouse in Hitchcock’s To … Continue reading →

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Masterpiece. June 2012.

Dear Rowley, Lovely to see Chrissie Evert and Martina Navratilova at Wimbledon on first week Saturday. Chris is commentating and Martina is in the Royal Box. Serena Williams is on court and serving up a storm however a gorgeous little … Continue reading →

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No Dough, No Show! April 2012.

Dear Rowley, Only in England could Thames Water issue a drought warning during our April rainy season. I just stepped out to the post office and Bloomsbury Square was like a monsoon in Rangoon. I have to venture forth tonight … Continue reading →

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Fashion at Royal Ascot 12th May 2011

Dear Rowley, Will somebody take a super injunction out on the Duchess of York? If any broad deserves a gagging order, it’s she. I was frankly quite appalled that the Duchess went on Oprah to share her ‘heartache’ at not … Continue reading →

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Made in Sheffield April 2011

Dear Rowley, Just when you thought you’d heard it all, that ghastly slug of a Tory politician Oliver Letwin makes a remark about increasing airport taxes because ‘we don’t want to encourage people from Sheffield to take cheap flights’. This … Continue reading →

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Cannes Can. May 2013.

Masterpiece. June 2012.

No Dough, No Show! April 2012.

Fashion at Royal Ascot 12th May 2011

Made in Sheffield April 2011

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