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Burlesque at the Savoy. September 2012.
Dear Rowley, Did I tell you I’m back in business at the Savoy? We’ve been in talks about doing a book called Savoy Style: How To Be A Perfect Host with Rizzoli US but have yet to sign contracts. They suggest … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1936, Amazon, American Bar, Anderson & Sheppard, Anne Boleyn, Billy Smart, Bloomsbury Towers, Brett Perkins, Burlesque in the Beaufort Bar, Cabaret, Christian B. BArker, Corfu, Dear Breaks, Dear Rowley, Dowager Countess of SAlisbury, Dubonnet & Gin, Dusty Limits, Earl of Salisbury, Gerry Cottle, Hampton Court, Hatchard's, Hatfield House, Hatfield Old Palace, Holly Penfield, James Sherwood, Joel Grey, King Edward VIII, Kitty Bang Bang, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Mrs T, No 17 Clifford Street, Piccadilly, Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth I, Rizzoli US, Savoy, Savoy Hotel London, Savoy Style: How To Be A Perfect Host, Savoy Theatre, Thames & Hudson, the artist, The Perfect Gentleman, Will Young, www.billionaire.com
The Final Push. August 2012.
Dear Rowley, Glorious tintanabulations! I had a call from the lovely Adélia at Thames & Hudson (my publisher’s PA and so much more) to tell me the first advance copy of The Perfect Gentleman was hot off the presses and ready … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adelia Sabatini, Anda Rowland, Anderson & Sheppard, Anderson & Sheppard No 17 Clifford Street, Andy Barnham, Bernadette Peters, Brett Perkins, British Museum, British Museum North American Garden, Bryan Ferry, Cecconi's, Corfu, Dashing Tweeds, Dear Breaks, Dear Rowley, Elle, Emilia Fox, Freddie Fox, Grade Design, Guy Hills, Gypsy, Hampstead Theatre, Helmand Province, Henry Poole & Co, James Sherwood, Jennie Condell, Katy Thomas, Lara Mingay, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lucas Dietrich, Mama Rose, Mayfair, Mrs T, Olympic Dressage Greenwich Park, Oscar Wilde, Patti Lupone, Pete Dawson, Piccadilly, Primrose HIll, Rupert Everett, Rupert Thomas, Savile Row: The Master Tailors of British Bespoke, Savoy, St James's, Thames & Hudson, The Alps. Olympic Games London 2012, The Judas Kiss, The Perfect Gentleman: The Pursuit of Timeless Elegance & Style in London, The Rake, The World of Interiors
No Fly Zone. August 2012.
Dear Rowley, London is once again awash with tourists for the Paralympic Games. In the Olympic spirit, I’d like to propose a lanes system for London’s streets: a dual carriage way on each pavement with a fast lane for natives … Continue reading →
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Tagged Absinthe, Anderson & Sheppard, Boucher, Cabaret, Cafe Royal, Cockney, Corfu, Corrie Nielsen, Courtauld Gallery. Courtauld Collection, Crown Jewels, Cultural Olympiad, Daily Mail, Damien Hirst, Dear Rowley, Durer, Esther Williams, Exmouth Market, Gaugin, Holborn Grange Hotel, Holborn Health Spa, Impressionism, James Sherwood, King Charles I, Lautrec, Le Train Bleu, Leicester Square, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liza Minnelli, London, Manet, Matisse, Max Mosley, Monet, Neo-Classical, Nice, Olympics 2012, Paralympic Games, Picasso, Post-Impressionism, Queen Henrietta Maria, Renoir, Rubens, Savile Row, Sisley, Somerset House, Tate Modern, the artist, Timothy Morgan-Owen. Le Rat Mort, Toulouse Lautrec, Tracey Emin, Trafalgar Square, Trooping the Colour, Van Goch
Barbary. August 2012.
Dear Rowley, The most hilarious Olympics advertising hoarding slapped across the top deck of the number 38 bus courtesy of Coca Cola. ‘Celebrating the Beat’. Can’t make it up can you? In the ongoing vanity project that is preparation for … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bette Midler, Bloomsbury Square, Caesar's Palace, Celebrating the Beat London 2012, Clerkenwell, Coca Cola Olympics 2012 Advertising Campaign, Corfu, Dear Breaks, Dear Rowley, Divine Miss M, Emperor Nero, Empress Poppea, Geo F. Trumper Curzon Street, James Sherwood, King Edward VII, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, MacDonald's, New English Hammam Jermyn Street, Oscar Wilde, Peter Ustinov, Prince Ali, Prince Ali Pasha of Egypt, Prince of WAles, Princess Lea, Quo Vadis, Sainsbury's, Savile Row, Ted Baker, Ted's Grooming Room Bloomsbury, Ted's Grooming Room Ottoman Lounge, The Showgirl Must Go On, Timothy Morgan Owen, Trumper Liz, Trumper Sidik, Turkish Baths, Waitrose
Fisticuffs. August 2012.
Dear Rowley, Missed writing to you my dear but life in London has been awfully frantico of late. Now I promise you this is the last letter where I’ll mention the M word: no, not Madonna, migraines. My most important … Continue reading →
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Tagged Agios Stephanos, Alan Parker's Evita, Albania, Alisa Moussaieff, Alison MacDonald, Alvear Palace Hotel Buenos Aires, Angus Cundey, Argentina, Arne Eggers, Aspirin, BA, Barbra Streisand, British Justice System, Chablis, Che Guevara, Codine, Corfu, Corfu novel, Dear Breaks, Dear Rowley, Diamond Dynasty, Duchess of York, Ecuadorean Embassy, Eva Peron, Evita, Extradition to Sweden, George Clooney, Henry Poole & Co, Hong Kong Tatler, James Sherwood, Julian Assange, Knightsbridge, La Farmer, London, Madonna, Mayfair, MIF Spy in the Bag, Migraine Trust Charterhouse Square, Migraines, Moussaieff diamonds, Mr Bowering, Mrs Cohen, Mrs M, National Migraine Centre, Nice, Old Brompton Road, Patti Lupone, President of Panama, Prosecco, Recoletta cemetery, Rothschild Villa Corfu, Savile Row, Signora Peron, St John's Square, Sue Douglas, Sunday Express, Susannah Barrantes, Sweden, Tamara Moussaieff, the artist, Tottenham Court Road, Venetian Fort Corfu Town, Victoria & Albert Museum, Zetter Hotel Clerkenwell