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Nobody’s Perfect. February 2017.
Dear Rowley, I am merely curious but what, precisely, has David Beckham done to unleash the attack dogs of the tabloid press? From what I understand, old emails between he and a PR have been leaked suggesting that Beckham wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Wintour, Brand Beckham, British Honours System, Cheryl Cole, Children in Need, Children of Courage, David Beckham, Dear Rowley, Desert Island Discs, Help for Heroes, I Vow to Thee My Country, James Sherwood, Kathryn Jenkins, Kirsty Young, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Mark Rylance, National Anthem, National Portrait Gallery, Sam Taylor-Wood, Smythson, Some Like it Hot, UNICEF, US Vogue, Victoria Beckham
Cut, Print, Move On. April 2015.
Dear Rowley, Language is so terribly important isn’t it? I recall the shock when I first heard a newspaper feature of mine – deftly penned with great care I might add – described as ‘content’. A little piece of me … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Powell, Arthur Miller, Bespoke, Bonfire of the Vanities, Boom, Colin Clark, Coronation Street, Cyril Smith, Dame Edith Sitwell, Dame Sybil Thorndike, David Merrick, Dear Rowley, Death on the Nile, Elizabeth Taylor, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Get Carter, Great Titchfield Street, James Sherwood, Jayne Mansfield, La Scala, Laurence Olivier, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Marilyn Monroe's London, Mastermind, Mavis Riley, Micael Caine, Noel Coward, Olympics, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Burton, Robert Redford, Savile Row, Smythson, Stanley Baxter, Swinging Sixties, Tennessee Williams, The Great Gatsby, The Italian Job, The Master, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, The Prince and the Showgirl, the Witch of Capri, Tom Daley, Turnbull & Asser, Wise Buddha
Casta Diva. August 2011.
Dear Rowley, Have you seen that ludicrous BBC ad promoting swimming: the big splash. It sounds like 2am in Soho when a chap doesn’t have a place to go except the doorstep of Trashy Lingerie on Old Compton Street. Big … Continue reading
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Rock on Tommy 22nd May 2011
Dear Rowley, In all the tra-la-la of having Suzi Perry in town this week, I haven’t had time to put pen to Smythson paper and tell you about Royal Ascot days and disco nights of late. Thursday saw Miss P … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander McQueen, Aston Martin, BBC Royal Ascot fashion coverage, Bianca Jagger, Cilla Black, Claridge's, Corinthia Hotel, Dear Rowley, Deirdre Murphy, Edward Sexton, Erdem, Fashion & Textiles Museum Bermondsey, Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries of Thoroughbred Style, George Clooney, George Clooney Corinthia hotel, James Sherwood, James Vallance-White, Jennie Bond Royal Wedding DVD, John Lennon, Judy Garland, Kensington Palace, Lara Mingay, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liza Minnelli, Lord Montagu, Mariella Frostrup, Massimo's, MGM, Mick Jagger, Mrs T, paparazzi, peacock male, Prince Rajpipla, Provans, Rebel on the Row, Ringo Starr, Roksanda Ilincic, Royal Dress Collection, Smythson, Sponge Bob Square Pants, Sunset & Vine, Suzi Perry, Timothy Everest, Tommy Nutter, Tony King, Whitehall, Will & Grace, Wilton's