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Black Out for Time’s Up. January 2018.
Dear Rowley, There’s nothing that quite says female empowerment and solidarity like a group over over-privileged, over-paid ladies in Hollywood wearing exquisite hand-fitted gowns and borrowed diamonds to protest the gender pay gap and sexual exploitation on the red carpet … Continue reading
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Tagged #MeToo, 75th Golden Globe Awards, AIDS, Beauty and the Beast, Black Ascot 1901, Black Ascot 1910, Black Golden Globes, Black Out Golden Globes, Bloomsbury Towers burglary, Cary Grant, Chinese in Bloomsbury, Christian Louboutin, Cunta Kinte, Deanna Durbin, Dear Rowley, Democrat Party, Domestic Workers' Aslliance, Emma Watson, Empress of India, Greta Garbo, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harvey Weinstein, Hell, HIlary Clinton, Hollywood, Hollywood Hills, Instagram, James Sherwood, Joan or Arc, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Kevin Spacey, King Edward VII, LA, Leonardo di Caprio, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, m Ai-Jen Poo, Marilyn Monroe, McCarthy Communist Witch Hunts, Metropolitan Police, My Week With Marilyn, Odile, Oprah Winfrey, Queen Victoria, Rebel Wilson, Royal Enclosure, Scarlett O'Hara, Swan LAke, the Death of Old Hollywood, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Twitter, World War II
Cash & Cary. March 2016.
Dear Rowley, One of the benefits of living in Bloomsbury is that you’re never far from history in the making. Last week, for instance, Rupert Murdock and Jerry Hall’s wedding was blessed at the journalists’ church of St Brides, Fleet … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan Ferry, Bus Stop, Cary Grant, Dear Rowley, Diana Princess of Wales, Doris Duke, Gentlemen PRefer Blondes, Grace Jones, Heather Mills, James Sherwood, Jerry Hall, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lorelei Lee, Marilyn Monroe, Mick Jagger, Monopoly, Paul McCartney, Porfirio Rubirosa, Private Eye, Rupert Murdock, Savoy, St Brides Fleet Street, Strictly Come Dancing, Texas, The Graduate, Tony Blair, Wendy Deng, Woolworth Heiress
The Love Quest. December 2015.
Dear Rowley, Both you and I can just remember the days when television still showed black and white programmes. I in particular remember the Saturday matinee double bill of classic films shown on BBC2 before I was even in my … Continue reading
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Tagged An Affair To Remember, BBC2, Bette Davis, Bogart & Bacall, Cary Grant, Dear Rowley, Deborah Kerr, Doris Day, Empire State Building, Gary Cooper, Gilda, Gone with the Wind, Hayes Code, Henry Fonda, Hollywood, Humoresque, James Sherwood, Jezebel, Joan Crawford, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, MAe West, Mike Leigh, Miss Jean Brodie, Morocco, Now Voyager, PAcMan, Rita Hayworth, Rock Hudson, Scarlett O'Hara, She Done Him Wrong, The Love Quest, To Catch A Thief, Vivian Leigh, William HOlden
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