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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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Tagged Antiques Roadshow, BBC Fashion at Royal Ascot. Dear Rowley, Bespoke Banter, Bill Tildon, Blithe Spirit, Bloomsbury Towers. Bloomsbury Square, Brenda Dean Paul, Bright Young Things, Bryan and Diana Guinness, Capri, Carol Channing, Cecil Beaton, Charleston, Duke of Windsor, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Faberge. Wartski. Geoffrey Munn, Fellini, Fort Belvedere, Fotheringay, Fox St James's Street, Gail Capri, Great Exhibition 1851, House of Elliot, James Sherwood, Joe Allen, Kate & William, Lady Elizabeth Anson, Mary Queen of Scots, Mrs Simpson, Napoleon III, NBC, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, Primrose HIll, Prince of WAles, Queen Mary, Royal Ascot, Royal wedding, Russian Imperial Family, Scott Wimsett, Sir Tom Baker, Southampton Row, Stephen Tennant, Tallulah Bankhead, Thames & Hudson, The Boyfriend, the Duke of Windsor, The Kooples, The Perfect Gentleman, the raft of the Medusas, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Guy Hills. Dashing Tweeds. Kirstie, Timothy Morgan Owen, Tsar Nicholas II. Empress Alix., Valpoliparrot
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
Ready for My Close-Up. September 2011.
Dear Rowley, Do forgive darling, I’ve been back from hols for four days and have been quite simply at full gallop since setting hoof on tarmac at Gatwick. While on Corfu, I had a call from my delectable agent Geraldine … Continue reading
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Tagged Agios Stefanos, Alan Titchmarsh, Annie Lennox, Bentley & Skinner, Berwick Street Market, Christopher Lee, Corfu, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Dear Rowley, Deborath Meaden, Dragons Den, Duchess of Cambridge, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor Christie's Auction, Eva Peron Van Cleef, Fashion at Royal Ascot, Frankfurt Book Fair, Glaxo Smith Kline, Hancock's Burlington Arcade, Handmade in England, Hilary Devey, ITV, James Sherwood, Jedward, Jennie Condell, Jermaine Jackson, Joan Crawford, Joan Rolls, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Lucas Dietrich, Mount Street, Mystery Set sapphires, NBC, Pete Dawson, Philipppa Gregory, QVC, Rupert Thomas, Savile Row: The Master Tailors of British Bespoke, Shizaru, Thames & Hudson, The Killing, The Other Boleyn Girl, The World of Interiors, Van Cleef, Van Cleef & Arpels, Windsor Literary Festival, Winston Churchill