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The Perfect Gentleman. January 2012.
Dear Rowley, I simply had to snap my view from the sash chord in Bloomsbury Towers yesterday. It was for such conditions that the phrase ‘squalling showers’ was coined. I half expected my neighbour Miss Merrill to fly past the … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiralty, Albert Square, Argyll Rooms, Beau Brummell, Dear Rowley, Eastenders, George Brummell, Ian Kelly, J Floris, James Gibbs, James Lock & Co, James Sherwood, Jermyn Street, Jimmy Nail, Julian Fellowes, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, London Library, Lord Alvanley, Pam St Clements, PAt Butcher, Peter York, Prince Regent, St James's Street, St Martin-in-the-Field, Thames & Hudson, The Perfect Gentleman, The Ultimate Dandy, Trafalgar Square, White's Club
Pomp & Circumstance December 2010
Dear Rowley, Aren’t pine needles a bugger to hoover-up? Come the 27th of December, I’m already over Christmas and ready to get cracking. Is there anything more mournful than Christmas decs after the event? They always call to mind Donatella … Continue reading
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Savile Row at Hatchards October 2010
Dear Rowley, I love Hatchards, don’t you? I have been buying all of my books from this 18th century galleon of bookshops on Piccadilly for the longest time; not least because the staff are better read than the customers. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Anda, Anderson & Sheppard, Beau Brummell, C.J. Sansom, Dege & Skinner, Dom Perignon, Dormeuil, Dubonnet & Gin, Ede & Ravenscroft, Edward Sexton, Field Day, Fieldf Day, Fox Flannel, Gieves & Hawkes, Guy Hills, Hatchard's, Henry Poole, Huntsman, James Sherwood, John Durnin, Karin, Keith Badmen, Marilyn Monroe, Mrs T, Poppy, Prince of WAles, Prince Regent, Savile Row, Savile Row Bespoke, Savile Row: The Master Tailors of British Bespoke, Something's Got To Give, The Mikado, The Row, Tommy Nutter