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Exhibitionism. November 2012.

Dear Rowley, I’m with Bonnie Tyler. We’re all holding out for a hero and popular culture simply isn’t coming up with the goods. My heart sank when ITV advertised a new fly-on-the-wall doc Cheryl: Access All Areas following Miss Cole on … Continue reading →

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There’s No Place Like Home. October 2012.

Dear Rowley, The undisputed high point of the week if not the year was filming a preview of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s upcoming Hollywood Costume exhibition for an ITV This Morning feature next Thursday at noon so set your … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adrian, Anderson & Sheppard, Ascot Scene My Fair Lady, Auntie Em, Barbra Streisand Hello Dolly, Batman, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Catwoman, Cayte Blanchett, Cecil B De Mille, Claudette Colbert, Cleopatra, Dame Judi Dench, Dangerous Liaisons, Dear Rowley, Deborah Landis, Diana Vreeland, Dorothy Gale, Edith Head, Elizabeth Taylor, Fleet Street, Flora Robson, Fred Astaire, Funny Girl, Gary Cooper, Gate Cinema Notting Hill, Glenn Close, Gone with the Wind, Harry Potter, Hawes & Curtis, Hedy Lamaar, Helen Rose, Holly Willoughby, Hollywood Costume at the V&A, Hollywood Glamour, Huntsman, Indiana Jones, Irene Sharaff, ITV This Morning, James Sherwood, Jason Bourne, Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, Kansas, Kilgour French & Stanbury, Kirsten Dunst, Knize, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Marie Antoinette, Marlene Dietrich, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Michael Jackson Thriller, Michelle Pfeiffer, Morocco, Norma Shearer, Orry Kelly, Philip Scofield, Queen Elizabeth I, Rex Harrison, Savile Row, Scarlet O'Hara, Sharon Stone, Sofia Coppola, Some Like it Hot, Sullivan & Wooley, Superman, Tara, The Blues Brothers, The Bourne Identity, The Wizard of Oz, The Women, Travis Banton, Van Cleef & Arpels, Victoria & Albert Museum, Vivien Leigh, Yellow Brick Road

Diamond Jubilee River Pageant. June 2012.

Dear Rowley, I simply could not go to bunk on Diamond Jubilee River Pageant day without passing comment about the BBC coverage of what should have been a dignified, happy and glorious moment in British history. As you know, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Angela Hartnett, Bambi, Battersea Bridge, BBC, BBC Diamond Jubilee, Ben Fogle, Big Brother, Big Ted, Bloomsbury Towers, Bluebeard, Bognor, Bow Bells, Buckingham Palace, Cheggers, Cheryl Cole, Clare Balding, Cliff Richard, Coalition government, Coronation 1953, Dame Fortune, David Dimbleby, David Starkey, Dear Rowley, Diamond Jubilee Concert, Diamond Jubilee River Pageant, Duke of Edinburgh, Fearne Cotton, Floella Benjamin, Fraggle Rock, Fred Astaire, God Save the Queen, Gypsy, Health & Safety, HM The Queen, Hugo Vickers, Huw Edwards, James Sherwood, Jennie Bond, Jessie J, John Barrowman, Lady Di, Let's Face The Music And Dance, Lola Lasagne, Matt Barker, Max Mosley, Nick Clegg, Poseidon Adventure, Raine, Royal Barge, Royal Carriage Procession Tuesday, Sandi Toksvig, Savoy, Savoy Diamond Jubilee Street Party, Shepherd's Market, Sian Lloyd, Simon Shama, Simon Thurley, Sing Out Louise, Sophie Rayworth, Spirit of Chartwell, Sport Relief, Tess Daly, The Queen, The Sailor's Hornpipe, Tiller Girls, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Two Brewers, Union Flag, Victoria Memorial

Going Down With All Hands. April 2012.

Dear Rowley, Have you noticed the advertisement campaign on behalf of Stonewall on the side of countless London busses at present? The slogan – in bright red letters a foot high – reads ‘Some people are gay. Get over it’. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1912, Ascot, Astor, Ava Gardner, BBC Ascot fashion coverage, BBC Royal Ascot 2012, Christ Church Oxford, Clare Balding, Dear Rowley, Eton, Euro Millions, Fred Astaire, Gail Capri Southampton Row, Gary England, Get Over It, Grim Reaper, Hilda Sherwood, James Sherwood, Jeanette Winterson Titanic, Julian Fellowes, Julian Fellowes Titanic, Kate Winslett, Len Goodman Titanic. Strictly Come Dancing, Leonardo di Caprio, London, MGM, Old Mother Balding, Peggy Lee, Radio 4 Titanic, Relax Soho. Relax Soho Philippe, Rishi Persad, RMS Titanic, Rothschild, Royal Ascot, Shelley Winters, Some People Are Gay, Stonewall, Suzi Pierry, The Poseidon Adventure, the Royal Meeting, The Towering Inferno, Titanic, Vanderbilt, willie Carson

Your Downton Needs You. November 2011.

Dear Rowley, A peregrination to the countryside – more specifically Beeley in Derbyshire – to round up the birthday celebrations with family. I took a turn around the 14th century churchyard where grandmother lies in state. St Anne’s is truly … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arlene Phillips, Beeley, Brendan Cole, Broadway, Calamity Jane, Chatsworth, Crazy For You, Dear Rowley, Derbyshire, Dowager Countess of Grantham, Esther Rantzen, Fiona Bruce, Fred Astaire, Gershwin, Holly Willougby, Huntsman Savile Row, ITV, James Sherwood, Jane Powell, Lady BRacknell, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Lulu, Maggie Smith, Marks & Spencer, Mel C, Mrs T, Newcastle Playhouse Theatre, Novello Theatre, Philip Schofield, Rhian, Rialto, Rules Covent Garden, Shuffle off to Buffalo, Simon Cowell, Sister Honkey Tonk, Someone to Watch Over Me, St Anne's Beeley, Strictly Come Dancing, Susan Farmer, The Antiques Roadshow, The Grinch, This Morning, Violet, X-Factor

Exhibitionism. November 2012.

There’s No Place Like Home. October 2012.

Diamond Jubilee River Pageant. June 2012.

Going Down With All Hands. April 2012.

Your Downton Needs You. November 2011.

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