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Love Me or Leave Me. October 2012.
Dear Rowley, I’m playing hookie today watching The Man Who Knew Too Much: the Alfred Hitchcock movie starring Doris Day and Jimmy Stewart. What strikes one watching films made in the 1950s and based in London is how polite everyone appears … Continue reading
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Women of Power II. July 2012.
Dear Rowley, I do love 48-hours in bed, don’t you? It was the Wimbledon Men’s Final on Sunday and my friend Patricia and I decided to make a day of it. She ordered a dozen oysters and two lobsters and … Continue reading
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The Lesbian Issue. July 2012.
Dear Rowley, Don’t you love this picture of Miss Midler front row centre at the Jean-Paul Gaultier couture show in Paris last week? My guess is that she has subscribed to the Tatler magazine app and has just discovered the … Continue reading
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Stendhal Syndrome. June 2012.
Dear Rowley, You know the Liza song ‘I happen to like New York’? Well, I happen to like Florence. How to put it? The city somehow agrees with me. This city still encourages a well-dressed man to give it some … Continue reading
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