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Funny Girl. November 2017.

Dear Rowley, There are few performers who can trade under one name and be instantly recognisable. There are the divas – Liza, Barbra, Bette, Cher – and there are the pop queens Madonna, Beyonce and Rihanna who didn’t bother with … Continue reading →

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Take a Bow. June 2016.

Dear Rowley, Don’t know about you but I am still rather demob happy after the Brexit vote. Apparently the VoteRemain group have submitted a petition signed by a few million people still as furious as wasps in a jam jar … Continue reading →

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Rebel Rebel. January 2016.

Dear Rowley, Interesting that the news of David Bowie’s death was first released on Twitter. Within minutes everyone from Iggy Pop to the Archbishop of Canterbury via Cher, David Cameron, Kanye West and Harry Styles were tweeting condolences and huge … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Absolute Beginners, Adolph Hitler, Angie Bowie, Ashes to Ashes, Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian Eno, Cher, Commedia Dell'Arte, Covent Garden, Dancing in the Street, David Bowie, David Bowie Dies, David Bowie Is, David Cameron, David Jones, Dear Rowley, Diamond Dogs, Fame, fashion, Glam Rock, Ground Control to Major Tom, Harry Styles, Heroes, Iggy Pop, Iman, ITV This Morning, James Sherwood, John Lennon, Just A Gigolo, KAnye West, Labyrinth, Let's Dance, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lindsey Kemp, Live Aid, Lodger, London Dance Centre, Low, Major Tom, Marlene Dietrich, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mick Jagger, Mr Fish, New York, Nile Rogers, NME, Ossie Clark, Piers Morgan, Queen, Rebel Rebel, Sharman, Space Oddity, Starman, the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Blitz Club, The Hunger, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Thin White Duke, Tony Visctonti, Twitter, Under Pressure, Victoria & Albert Museum, We Could Be Heroes, Weimar Berlin, West Berlin, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Ready to Begin Again. August 2015.

Dear Rowley, Isn’t gratitude the most marvellous feeling? If I were to describe my career path I’d say it was not dissimilar to Atilla the Hun whose war path might best be summed up as ‘we’ll burn that bridge when … Continue reading →

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Arthur or Martha? July 2015.

Dear Rowley, Just when you thought you’d seen it all the Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, Lord Sewel, is caught on film snorting naughty salt off a tart’s silicone air bags wearing an orange push-up bra and a … Continue reading →

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Funny Girl. November 2017.

Take a Bow. June 2016.

Rebel Rebel. January 2016.

Ready to Begin Again. August 2015.

Arthur or Martha? July 2015.

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