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The Gold Rush. May 2013.

Dear Rowley, So the Love Gold London magpie has reported for duty in Cannes, or Juan les Pins to be precise, and is billeted at the Ambassadeurs hotel where all of the models in tomorrow’s amfAR Ultimate Gold runway show … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexander McQueen, amfAR, Anndra Neen, Armani, Beecher's Brook, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival 2013, Carine Roitfeld, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Chanel, Claudette Colbert, Cleopatra, Croisette, Dear Rowley, Duchess of Cambridge, Duran Duran, Elizabeth Taylor, Grand National, James Sherwood, Juin les Pins, Kimberley McDonald, Lanvin, Les Ambassadeurs Juin les Pins, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Love Gold, Monaco., Nice, Nick Rhodes, Old Compton Street, Royal Festival Hall, Shirley Bassey, Studio 54, Willy Wonka, Wright & Teague

Cannes Can. May 2013.

Dear Rowley, Couldn’t you just die for the French Riviera? I fell in love with the Cote d’Azur aged five when I first saw Cary Grant’s dashing jewel thief and Grace Kelly’s American heiress play cat and mouse in Hitchcock’s To … Continue reading →

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Blue Skies Red Curtains. October 2012.

Dear Rowley, Plans are now afoot for the various book launches for The Perfect Gentleman. I popped into Thames & Hudson yesterday to have a chat with the lovely Rowena about a date for the London launch. I think there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Berry Bros & Rudd, Bloomsbury Towers, British Gas, Capston Full Strength, Christmas, Conservative Party Conference, David Cameron, Dear Rowley, Derek Rose, Duke of Windsor, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Gate Cinema Notting Hill, George Garnier, Hollywood Costume at the V&A, Horst, ITV This Morning, James Sherwood, Labour, Le Train Bleu, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Luxury Lookback, Marlene Dietrich, Nice, Nick Clegg, Nobu, Pitti Uomo Florence, Plage Ruhle, Promenade des Anglais, Ralph Lauren Paris, Riviera, Roka Charlotte Street, Savile Row, Sir Jimmy Saville, South of France, St James's Street, Strictly Come Dancing, Thames & Hudson, the artist, The Cherry Orchard, The Perfect Gentleman, The Rake, The Shard, Waterloo Bridge

No Fly Zone. August 2012.

Dear Rowley, London is once again awash with tourists for the Paralympic Games. In the Olympic spirit, I’d like to propose a lanes system for London’s streets: a dual carriage way on each pavement with a fast lane for natives … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Absinthe, Anderson & Sheppard, Boucher, Cabaret, Cafe Royal, Cockney, Corfu, Corrie Nielsen, Courtauld Gallery. Courtauld Collection, Crown Jewels, Cultural Olympiad, Daily Mail, Damien Hirst, Dear Rowley, Durer, Esther Williams, Exmouth Market, Gaugin, Holborn Grange Hotel, Holborn Health Spa, Impressionism, James Sherwood, King Charles I, Lautrec, Le Train Bleu, Leicester Square, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liza Minnelli, London, Manet, Matisse, Max Mosley, Monet, Neo-Classical, Nice, Olympics 2012, Paralympic Games, Picasso, Post-Impressionism, Queen Henrietta Maria, Renoir, Rubens, Savile Row, Sisley, Somerset House, Tate Modern, the artist, Timothy Morgan-Owen. Le Rat Mort, Toulouse Lautrec, Tracey Emin, Trafalgar Square, Trooping the Colour, Van Goch

Fisticuffs. August 2012.

Dear Rowley, Missed writing to you my dear but life in London has been awfully frantico of late. Now I promise you this is the last letter where I’ll mention the M word: no, not Madonna, migraines. My most important … Continue reading →

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The Gold Rush. May 2013.

Cannes Can. May 2013.

Blue Skies Red Curtains. October 2012.

No Fly Zone. August 2012.

Fisticuffs. August 2012.

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