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Everybody Loves Oscar. February 2012.
Dear Rowley, Weren’t you absolutely fascinated by Angelina Jolie’s posture on the red carpet at the Oscars this year? You know as well as I do that when a designer slits a skirt up to your knickers it is only … Continue reading
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Tagged 84th Oscars, Anderson & Sheppard, Bill Nighy, Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt Tuxedo, Chablis, Cock Robin, Colin Firth Tom Ford, Dear Rowley, Gwyneth Paltrow, Henry Poole & Co, James Sherwood, Joan Crawford, Joan of Arc, La Boheme, Lady Macbeth, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London. Angelina Jolie, Men's Fashion Oscars, Meryl Streep, Mimi, Oscar, Oscars, Paul Smith, Pharrell Williams, Susan Farmer, Tom Ford, Vuitton Guide London 2013
Doctors & Nurses. October 2011.
Dear Rowley, Forgive the radio silence, I’ve been stricken with the mother of all flu but count one’s blessings while writhing in abject agony on my deathbed like Mimi in La Boheme. My darling Dr B gave me an appointment … Continue reading
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Tagged Albany, Banqueting House, Bus Stop, Carry on Doctor, Carry on Nurse, Clerkenwell Medical Practise, Colin Clark, Dear Rowley, Dowager Empress Marie of Russia, Dr Baines, Eddy Readmayne, Fantasia, Flair, Fleur Cowles, Gentlemen PRefer Blondes, Geraldine Woods, Glaxo Smith Kline, Gok Wan, Grim Reaper, Hattie Jacques, Helen MIrren, House of Fraser, Insignificance, James Sherwood, La Boheme, Laurence Olivier, Les Miserables, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Mary Portas, Mary Queen of Frocks, Michelle WIlliams, Mickey Mouse, Mimi, Mira Sorvino, My Week With Marilyn, Nagasaki, NHS, Norma Jean Marilyn, Piccadilly, Pinewood, Savoy, Some Like it Hot, The Prince and the Showgirl, The Queen, The Seven Year Itch, The Sleeping Prince, The Song of Angry MEn, Theresa Russell, Tony Blair, Vivien Leigh, Yalta, Yellow Poppy
Christmas Cheers December 2010
Dear Rowley, To the burning question of Christmas 2010. Will Julia Mackenzie’s next two Miss Marple epics be as good as her first five? I saw Miss Mackenzie outside Fortnum’s recently and was dying to gush but resisted the temptation. … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Christie, Bloomsbury Towers, Don Veto Corleone, Ede & Ravenscroft, Fanny Craddock, Fashions at Royal Ascot, Fortnum & Mason, Geraldine McEwen, International Herald Tribune, James Lock & Co, James Sherwood, Jasper Conran, Joan Hixon, Judy Bennett, Julia Mackenzie, La Boheme, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Mapp & Lucia, Margaret Rutherford, Marlon Brando, Mimi, Miss Marple, Moaning Myrtle, Old Compton Street, Rowley, Savile Row, Savoy Grill, Social Stereotypes, Thames & Hudson, The Godfather, Timothy Everest, Victoria Mather