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Brussels. September 2012.
Dear Rowley, An invitation to Brussels from my friend the vampire Hugo ‘Parisian Gentleman’ Jacomet to attend a dinner in honour of Aston Martin and John Lobb Ltd collaborating on the design of the definitive car shoe. Hugo is the … Continue reading
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Come Into The Garden Maud. September 2012.
Dear Rowley, A rather satisfying morning at my publisher’s Thames & Hudson today. I will sign a contract to be Luxury Editor of T&H this month and we have three projects to put into production that I can’t divulge quite … Continue reading
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We Have The Power To Rebuild Him. August 2012.
Dear Rowley, As Glenda Slagg would have it, ‘Bradley Wiggins: crazy name, crazy guy’. Somebody really ought to tell the goggle eyed loon that yellow is really not his colour. Chapeau and all that for winning the Tour de France … Continue reading
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The Picture of Dorian Gray. July 2012.
Dear Rowley, A good day’s work at No 17 Clifford Street with the gang but I still don’t feel 100% up to snuff so retired to the daybed in Bloomsbury Towers with the boxed set of Downton Abbey. It is … Continue reading
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