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The Perfect Gentleman. January 2012.
Dear Rowley, I simply had to snap my view from the sash chord in Bloomsbury Towers yesterday. It was for such conditions that the phrase ‘squalling showers’ was coined. I half expected my neighbour Miss Merrill to fly past the … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiralty, Albert Square, Argyll Rooms, Beau Brummell, Dear Rowley, Eastenders, George Brummell, Ian Kelly, J Floris, James Gibbs, James Lock & Co, James Sherwood, Jermyn Street, Jimmy Nail, Julian Fellowes, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, London Library, Lord Alvanley, Pam St Clements, PAt Butcher, Peter York, Prince Regent, St James's Street, St Martin-in-the-Field, Thames & Hudson, The Perfect Gentleman, The Ultimate Dandy, Trafalgar Square, White's Club
Hibernating January 2011
Dear Rowley, The Archers darling! Nigel Pargiter falling to his death from the roof while trying to remove a Happy New Year banner from the flagpole. I couldn’t have been more disappointed. When you lose a much-loved character, all you … Continue reading
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Tagged 300 Years of Fashion at Royal Ascot, Acorn Antiques, Anda Rowland, Angela Rippon, Bloomsbury Towers, Brian Aldridge, Buzz Lightyear, Clerkenwell, Darcey Bussell, Earrings, Eastenders, Fashion at Royal Ascot, fisherman's Friends, Gloria Hunniford, Helen Archer, Helen Ball, Henry Poole & Co. Keith Levett, James Sherwood, Jennie Bond, Jennie Condell, Joan Collins, Kate Silverton, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lilian, London, London Library, Lucas Dietrich, Madame Recamier., Maggie Smith, Miss Babs, Mrs Overall, Mrs T, Nigel Pargiter, Oddbins, Pashmina, PAt Butcher, Patricia Carruthers, Philip Treacy, Private Eye, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rip Off Britain, Rip Off Britain. Holly Willoughby, Rowley, Royal Ascot, Royal Ascot 2008, Royal Enclosure, Royal Opera House, Soho, St John restaurant, Stephen Jones, Susan Farmer, Thames & Hudson, The Archers, The Wicked Lady, Waitrose