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Jewelry for Gentlemen. June 2018.
Dear Rowley, One of the greatest pleasures for an author is the moment when advance copies of work that has taken the best part of a year to write and photograph finally lands in Thames & Hudson’s office in London. … Continue reading
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Jewellery for Gentlemen. August 2017.
Dear Rowley, After all these years, I think you’ve gathered that I’ve always had a magpie’s eye for jewellery. Over the years I’ve progressed from writing about fine jewellery in the FT and the old International Herald Tribune to styling … Continue reading
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Tagged Ara Vartanian, Bespoke Banter, Bitcoin, Cartier, City, David Webb, David Yurman, Dear Rowley, Evan Yurman, Harlem, International Herald Tribune, James Sherwood, Jewellery for Gentlemen, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lewis Hamilton, Lucky Blue Smith, Nation of Shopkeepers, Neo-Renaissance, New York, No 1 Marylebone, Panthere, Primark, Savile Row, Scott Wimsett, Shaun Leane, Thames & Hudson, The Wedding Gallery
New York New York. April 2017.
Dear Rowley, You know one of my all time favourite Noël Coward songs is Sail Away. Coward lived by the lyrics: ‘when the wind and the weather blow your dreams sky high, sail away, sail away, sail away’. Well, in … Continue reading
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Heads Together. April 2017.
Dear Rowley, Do you think we’ve reached the tipping point with cookbooks? To quote Kath & Kim, we’ve had Nude Food, Crude Food and Rude Food. We’ve endured Helmsley sisters, Simply Allsopps, Deliciously Ellas and now (God forbid) the Midlife … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, Bette Davis, Betty Grable, David Yurman, Dear Rowley, Deliciously Ella, Diana Princess of Wales, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Evelyn Waugh, Heads Together, HIV, J Sheekey, James Sherwood, Jewellery for Gentlemen, John Osborne, John Prescott, Kath & Kim, Labour, Le Creuset, Les Dawson, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London Marathon, Mental Health, Mrs Beaton, New York, Nicola Sturgeon, Prime Minister, Prince Harry, The Queen, Theresa May, Tony Blair, Yevgeny Lebedev