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Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It. October 2017.
Dear Rowley, I have often pondered the theory that virtue is it’s own reward and surmise that, between them, Pearl Bailey and Mae West would have a terribly pithy reply: ‘Between two evils, I always pick the one I haven’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Champs Elysees, Christie's, Count Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck, Count Viel-Castel, Craig Brown, Cullinan III & IV, Dear Rowley, Delacroix, Donnersmarck Diamonds, Donnersmarck yellow diamonds, Duchess of Windsor, Elizabeth Taylor, Empress Eugenie, Esther Lachman, Flaubert, Grand Horizontale, Henri Herz, HM The Queen, Hôtel de la Païva, James Sherwood, Kardashians, L'Oreal, La Païva, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, MAe West, Manon Lescaut, Mark Zuckerberg, MArquis de Araujo de Païva, Napoleon III, Nell Gwynn, Noble Jewels, Paris, Pearl Bailey, Portugal, Princess Margaret, Prussia, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Mary, Royal Opera House, Russia, Schloss Neudeck, Second Empire, Sielsia, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Geneva, The Lion in Winter, Travellers Club, Violetta, Warren Buffett, Zola
Tender is the Night. May 2013.
Dear Rowley, The Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc has been the mise-en-scène for the most enchanted evenings in the history of the Cannes Film Festival and none more so than amfAR’s 20th anniversary gala. The promenade that slopes from the hotel’s perch … Continue reading
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Best of British. December 2011.
Dear Rowley, Last week I made the acquaintance of Jean Clark at James J Fox on St James’s Street: arguably the finest purveyor of cigars left in London. I wanted to include Fox in my The Perfect Gentleman book for Thames … Continue reading
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I’ve Been To A Marvellous Party. December 2011.
Dear Rowley, As La Farmer would say, I feel like I’ve been shot out of a canon; rather in the spirit of Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie hollering ‘raspberries darling!’ . As the old boiler said to the taxi dancer, … Continue reading
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