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No Cannes Do. July 2012.
Dear Rowley, So it’s day four of a new life managing potential migraines. Now there’s a cheery start to a letter. But it is fascinating. I had no idea how many food groups and drinks were absolute poison for the … Continue reading →
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Masterpiece. June 2012.
Dear Rowley, Lovely to see Chrissie Evert and Martina Navratilova at Wimbledon on first week Saturday. Chris is commentating and Martina is in the Royal Box. Serena Williams is on court and serving up a storm however a gorgeous little … Continue reading →
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The Last of the Red Hot Mamas. December 2011.
Dear Rowley. Comes a time when you have to reconnect with your times and stop living in the era when Fanny was by Gaslight and guardsmen could be had for a shilling in Hyde Park after dark. I’m slumped on … Continue reading →
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Age Before Beauty. October 2011.
Dear Rowley, 40 love! As Mr Major said at his first Cabinet meeting, ‘who’d have thought it eh?’ Having been on nodding acquaintance with the Grim Reaper at least three times to my knowledge, it is rather lovely to enter … Continue reading →
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Loving London February 2011
Dear Rowley, Barak Obama. Discuss. I heard that nauseating speech about the Egyptian regime change likening it to all sorts of profound world events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the First World War. … Continue reading →
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