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We Have The Power To Rebuild Him. August 2012.
Dear Rowley, As Glenda Slagg would have it, ‘Bradley Wiggins: crazy name, crazy guy’. Somebody really ought to tell the goggle eyed loon that yellow is really not his colour. Chapeau and all that for winning the Tour de France … Continue reading
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Lost London. November 2011.
Dear Rowley, Thoroughly enjoying Radio 4s serialisation of Colin Clark’s My Week with Marilyn. I read the book years ago when it was first published and find it incredible that nobody thought to film it until now. Michelle Williams is … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Miller, BBC, British Ambassador's Residences Tokyo and Paris, Bus Stop, Colin Clark, Eton College, Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries of Thoroughbred Style, Geraldine Woods, Helen Ball, James Sherwood, Keith Levett, Laurence Olivier, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe Productions, Mayfair, Michelle WIlliams, Mrs T, My Week With Marilyn, NBC, Palazzo Pitti Florence, Patricia Carruthers, Piccadilly, Richard Anderson, Royal Ascot, Savile Row, Savile Row Bespoke, Spencer House, Spun Gold, St James's, Stephen Pulvirent, Suzi Perry, The Gadget Show, The London Cut, The Perfect Gentleman: The Pursuit of Timeless Elegance in London, The Prince and the Showgirl, The Savoy, Yellow Poppy
It’s A Riot January 2011
Dear Rowley, An interesting lecture at the English Speaking Union last night on the invitation of Liz who is one of the Gorgeous Georges. It’s the only Union I want to join. I invited Helen from the Royal Opera House … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Wakeley, Apsley House, Avatar, Beeley, Bobby Hillson, Chatsworth, Coldstream Guards, Egypt Riots, Elton JOhn, English Heritage, English Speaking Union, Fashion at Royal Ascot, Gothic, Green Park, Hardy Amies, Harry Handelsman, Hatton Garden, Helen Ball, High Victorian, Ian McKEllen, In & Out Club, iPad, James Sherwood, Jasper Conran, Jennie Condell, Katy Thomas, Keep BUggering On, Kerry Taylor Auctions, Ladies' Smoking Room. Piccadilly, Letters from Bloomsbury Towers, Liz Adaire, London, Louis Vuitton Guide to London, Louisa McCarthy, Marcus Wareing, Mess, Miss Havisham, Morpheus, Mrs T, New Hotels London 2012, Paris, Pedometer, Peter Dawson, Philip Treacy, Richard III, Richard Ogden, Rowley, Royal Library, Royal Opera House, Saatchi Gallery, Sir Tom Baker, Spiceworld, St George's Mayfair, St Pancras Renaissance, Stephen Jones, Thames & Hudson, The Hospital Covent Garden, the Paris Commune, Tuilleries Palace, Waterloo Arch, Whitney Houston, Winston Churchill
A Theatrical Evening January 2011
Dear Rowley, You’ve got to give it up for the gays, haven’t you. I was trolling down Old Compton Street the other day and saw a No VAT sign outside GAY. ‘F*** the Recession’ it read. Love it do. Personally, … Continue reading
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