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An American in Paris. March 2017.
Dear Rowley, One of the all time favourite quotes about the acting profession comes courtesy of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads. It likens actors to mushrooms ‘because you’re kept in the dark most of the time and every so often somebody throws … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Bennett, Alan J. Lerner, An American In Paris, Arthur Freed, Broadway, Carousel, Christopher Wheeldon, Dame Edith Evans, David Seadon-Young, Dear Rowley, Dior La La Land, Dominion Theatre, ENO, Fidgety Feet, Funny Girl, Gene Kelly, George & Ira Gershwin, Handel, Haydn Oakley, Henri Baurel, Hollywood, I Got Rhythm, I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, James Sherwood, Jane Asher, Jerry Mulligan, Leanne Cope, Leslie Caron, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lise Dassin, Liza, Madame Baurel, Matthew Bourne, MGM An American in Paris, New Look, New York City Ballet, Oh Kay!, Oklahoma, Paris, Robert Fairchild, Royal Ballet school, RuPaul's Drag Race, S'Wonderful, Singin' In The Rain, Sunset Boulevard, Talking Heads, The Man I Love, They Can't Take That Away from Me, Toulouse Lautrec, Vincente Minnelli, West End
D.I.V.O.R.C.E. September 2016.
Dear Rowley, Another clunking foot-in-mouth social media moment from Vogue who – reporting on the divorce of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie – wrote ‘today shall go down as the day love died’. You’d think Vogue was describing Mary Magdalene weeping at … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Amal Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Audrey Hepburn, B.D. Davis, BBC1, Bette Davis, Billy Bob Thornton, Brad Pitt, British Honours System, British Vogue, Channel 4, Christina Crawford, Countdown, Dear Rowley, Diana Princess of Wales, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Peron, Garbo, George Clooney, Great British Bake-Off, Hollywood, How Very Dare You?, James Sherwood, Jennifer Aniston, Jesus Christ, Joan Crawford, Johnny Lee Miller, Josephine Baker, Lake Como, Laura Croft Tomb Raider, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Madonna, Mammon, Maria Riva, Marlene Dietrich, Mary Berry, Mary Magdalene, Mel & Su, Mia Farrow, Paul Hollywood, Richard Burton, RuPaul's Drag Race, William Hague
Welcome to My Lovely Home. July 2016.
Dear Rowley, On a lighter note! I realise that after all these years of corresponding with you, I have prattled away about Bloomsbury Towers and you have never seen it. So now’s your chance. Many moons ago when I decided … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcoholics Anonymous, Anthony Keegan, Bed Knobs and Broomsticks, Bianca del Rio, Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury Towers, Dear Rowley, Financial Times, Fragonard, FT, James Sherwood, John Lewis, Judy Garland, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Not Today, Pentonville, Rick Steves, Roger Edens, RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race, Satan, Sir Christopher Wren, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Grange Hotel Holborn, The World of Interiors