How It Looked. How It Was. Consequences. July 2012.

Dear Rowley, It’s official. The insurgency against the Jubolympics in Bloomsbury is gathering momentum. As of yesterday, Bloomsbury has been invaded by every nationality and age of chav in town for the Olympic Games. We have scrawny Asians with less … Continue reading

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Rock on Tommy 22nd May 2011

Dear Rowley, In all the tra-la-la of having Suzi Perry in town this week, I haven’t had time to put pen to Smythson paper and tell you about Royal Ascot days and disco nights of late. Thursday saw Miss P … Continue reading

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Everybody Loves Oscar February 2011

Dear Rowley, Did you stay up to watch the Oscars? No, me neither. Never mind Sky +. It gets in the way of Radio 4 and The Archers. I never thought Ruth could get more irritated until she had that … Continue reading

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Savile Row Advance Copy August 2010

Dear Rowley, I was walking back to Bloomsbury Towers via Covent Garden yesterday when I was hailed on the street by this divine hunk of a Serbian barber called Goran who used to cut my hair at The Refinery (opposite Claridge’s) … Continue reading

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