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Cannes Can. May 2013.

Dear Rowley, Couldn’t you just die for the French Riviera? I fell in love with the Cote d’Azur aged five when I first saw Cary Grant’s dashing jewel thief and Grace Kelly’s American heiress play cat and mouse in Hitchcock’s To … Continue reading →

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Diamond Days. April 2013.

Dear Rowley, When I wrote for the FT one of my favourite assignments was always to indulge in a diamond day: having the opportunity to handle exceptional gemstones destined for the finger or ear lobe of of the imaginary Middle … Continue reading →

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Red Carpets In The Rain. February 2013.

Dear Rowley, Don’t you adore the BAFTA Awards? I always love to see the bemusement on our Hollywood friends’ faces as they try to compute whether Stephen Fry is sending them a valentine or sending them up. Yet more amusing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anne Hathaway, BAFTA 2013, Dame Judi Dench, Daniel Craig, Dear Rowley, Dior, Dragon Empress, Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Taylor, Fantine, Ford Fiesta, Humphrey Bogart, James Sherwood, Jennifer Lawrence, Katharine Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, Les Miserables, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lincoln, Luis Rainer, Maria Callas, Marilyn Monroe, Marion Cotillard, Mermaid Dress, Mike Todd, Norman Norrell, Oscars, Paloma Faith, Quentin Tarrantino, Royal Opera House, Sally Fields, Skyfall. Gone with the Wind Daniel Day Lewis, Stephen Fry, the artist, Travilla

She Shoots She Scores. December 2012.

Dear Rowley, Glorious tintanabulations, the Duchess of Cambridge has announced this afternoon that she is with child. Quite frankly it couldn’t have come on a more fortuitous day. In a weaker moment I’d agreed to do an interview for a … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Costume. October 2012.

Dear Rowley, Hollywood Costume at the V&A deserves another letter. I was fascinated by the hour and a half spent with the curator Deborah Landis at the private view of the exhibition. As you know, I curated a rather large … Continue reading →

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Cannes Can. May 2013.

Diamond Days. April 2013.

Red Carpets In The Rain. February 2013.

She Shoots She Scores. December 2012.

Hollywood Costume. October 2012.

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