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All I Want For Christmas Is…December 2011
Dear Rowley, All I want for Christmas is a hunk in trunks, a yacht, a share in a racehorse, a brace of Anderson & Sheppard suits, half a dozen Budd bespoke shirts, a diamond tie stud, a villa on Corfu, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Gill, Anda Rowland, Anderson & Sheppard, Audie Charles, Berry Bros & Rudd, Bloomsbury Towers, Budd, Burlesque, Cambridge Cutlery & Tools, Catherine Tate, Chuggers, Corfu, Dear Rowley, Douglas Hayward, Ede & Ravenscroft, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Frette, James Sherwood, Janice & Ray, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Caine, No 17 Clifford Street, Once in Royal David's City, Ralph Lauren, Roger Moore, Shalimar, Sherwood Family Silver, St George's Mayfair, Super Mario Brothers, Terence Stamp, Thames & Hudson, The London Cut, The Perfect Gentleman
The Cleveland Street Scandal. December 2011.
Dear Rowley, Well darling, it’s confirmed that Russell Square will be the ‘Media Hub’ for the Olympic Games next year. What can it mean? So far all that’s transpired is that the traffic in Bloomsbury Square has quadrupled now they … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Hussars, 2012 Olympics, Battle of Waterloo, Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury Towers, Boucher Courtesan, Capri Dry Cleaner Southampton Row, Catherine the Great of Russia, Chris Hoy, Cleveland Street brothel scandal, Crown Prince Rudolph, Dear Rowley, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Extra Equerry to the Prince of Wales, Fitzrovia brothel 19 Cleveland Street, Gail, Henry Poole & Co, Holborn Sorting Office, Jack the Ripper, James Sherwood, King Edward VII, King George IV, King George V, Little Women, London, Looney Tunes, Lord Arthur Somerset, Lord Coe, Maria Vetsera, Marilyn Monroe, Mayerling, Miss Jean Brodie, Newcastle University, Prince Albert Victor, Prince Charles, Prince Eddy, Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld, Queen Victoria, Rialto, Royal Archive Windsor Castle, Rudolph Valentino, Russell Square Olympic Media Hub, Savile Row, Stratford East, Suzi Perry, Thames & Hudson, The Fall of Rome, Theo Aronson, You Me Bum Bum Train, Zola Budd
I’ve Been To A Marvellous Party. December 2011.
Dear Rowley, As La Farmer would say, I feel like I’ve been shot out of a canon; rather in the spirit of Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie hollering ‘raspberries darling!’ . As the old boiler said to the taxi dancer, … Continue reading
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Tagged Antiques Roadshow, BBC Fashion at Royal Ascot. Dear Rowley, Bespoke Banter, Bill Tildon, Blithe Spirit, Bloomsbury Towers. Bloomsbury Square, Brenda Dean Paul, Bright Young Things, Bryan and Diana Guinness, Capri, Carol Channing, Cecil Beaton, Charleston, Duke of Windsor, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Faberge. Wartski. Geoffrey Munn, Fellini, Fort Belvedere, Fotheringay, Fox St James's Street, Gail Capri, Great Exhibition 1851, House of Elliot, James Sherwood, Joe Allen, Kate & William, Lady Elizabeth Anson, Mary Queen of Scots, Mrs Simpson, Napoleon III, NBC, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, Primrose HIll, Prince of WAles, Queen Mary, Royal Ascot, Royal wedding, Russian Imperial Family, Scott Wimsett, Sir Tom Baker, Southampton Row, Stephen Tennant, Tallulah Bankhead, Thames & Hudson, The Boyfriend, the Duke of Windsor, The Kooples, The Perfect Gentleman, the raft of the Medusas, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Guy Hills. Dashing Tweeds. Kirstie, Timothy Morgan Owen, Tsar Nicholas II. Empress Alix., Valpoliparrot