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Return to Splendour. September 2017.
Dear Rowley, While recording a short interview for a film about Savile Row the other day I was asked what made me throw so much energy behind British bespoke tailoring? I believe the epiphany came at the Paris menswear shows … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Skarsgard, Art Deco, Bitcoin, Boucheron, Cartier, China, David Beckham, De Beers Diamond, Dear Rowley, Faberge, Hip-Hop, Hong Kong, Indian Art Deco, James Sherwood, Jared Leto, Jewellery for Gentlemen, John Lewis, Juste un Clou, King George IV, King Henry VIII, King James I, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lewis Hamilton, Maharaja of Patiala, Mary Tudor, Met Gala, National Portrait Gallery, Paris, Peregrina, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mary, Romanovs, Russia, Savile Row, Thames & Hudson, Tsar of Russia, Van Cleef & Arpels, Waitrose, Whitehall Cartoon, Will Smith
I’ll Do Ten for You. November 2015.
Dear Rowley, Glorious tintanabulations, I am being visited by that unicorn of London phenomena, a house call from a doctor. I can’t go back to the Chelsea & Westminster or UCL after the two rejections so have decided I might … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Mitchell, Annie Walker, Bet Lynch, Bloomsbury Towers, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, China, Coronation Street, DCI Jane Tennyson, Dear Rowley, Doctor Timothy, Dolly Rawlings, Eastenders, Empress Livia, Harry Rawlings, Helen MIrren, I Claudius, India, Ingrid Bergman, James Sherwood, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lynda Bassett, Lynda La Plante, Madame JoJo's, Mail on Sunday, Pat Phonenix, Prime Suspect 3, Ronnie Scott's, She's Out, Sian Philips, Soho, South Bank, Southampton Row, St Thomas's Hospital, The Yard Soho, UCL, Waitrose Brunswick Centre, Widows
Newsround. September 2015.
Dear Rowley, Chancellor George Osborne is tarting it around in Shanghai today promoting British business interests to the yellow peril. I, for one, don’t wish to get into bed with the Chinese either singularly or collectively. As Kitty would say, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Morton, Boxer Rebellion, British Museum, Bullingdon Club, Call Me Dave, China, Chipping Norton Set, Daily Mail, Daily Mail Lord Ashcroft, David Cameron, David Cameron's Pig Society', Dear Rowley, Diana Princess of Wales, Diane Abbot, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Braun, Frank Sinatra, George Osborne, Hollywood Wives, House of Lords, Jackie Collins, James Sherwood, Jeremy Clarkson, Jeremy Corbyn, Joan Collins, Kitty Kelly, Leeds, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Lord Ashcroft Call Me Dave, Matthew Freud, Piers Galveston Society, Prime Minister David Cameron, Rebekah Brooks, Rosetta Stone, Shanghai, The World is Full of Married Men
Immigration. September 2015.
Dear Rowley, I’ve said it before and will do again please don’t go on about politics. If you must go into them. As a Twitter devotee, I notice how much anger is directed towards the ruling classes. And yet it … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American Dream, Carry On, China, David Cameron, Dear Rowley, Ellis Island. Europe, Handel, Hollywood, Immigration Crisis, Inland Revenue, James Sherwood, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lord of the Flies, NHS, Radio 3, Radio 4, Russia, Skid Row, Strauss, The Godfather, Tony Blair, Turkey, X-Factor