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Diamond Days. April 2013.

Dear Rowley, When I wrote for the FT one of my favourite assignments was always to indulge in a diamond day: having the opportunity to handle exceptional gemstones destined for the finger or ear lobe of of the imaginary Middle … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomsbury Towers, Brentwood LA, Bulgari, Christie's, Churchill, Cinecitta, Cleopatra, David Guest, Dear Rowley, Elizabeth Taylor, Ella Fitzgerald, Financial Times, Fleet Street, Frank Sinatra, Graff, Howard Hughes, James Sherwood, LA, La Lollo, Lady Thatcher, Legendary Jewels of Elizabeth Taylor, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liliane Bettencourt, Liza Minnelli, Love Gold, Margaret Thatcher, Marilyn Monroe, Middle EAst, None So Few, Palace of Westminster, Rome, Solomon & Sheba, Something's Got To Give, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Gina Lollobrigida sale, St James's, St Paul's, Thames & Hudson, Trapeze, World Gold Council

Art or Bust. August 2012.

Dear Rowley, Well, I’m sitting on the balcony of the Albert Ier in Nice on the last night on the Riviera for now watching the sun set and listening to Sarah Vaughan’s I Love Brazil album on the MacBook Air. … Continue reading →

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I Love Paris June 2011

Dear Rowley, I read the most amusing thing in the Daily Mail on the Eurostar back from Paris today. It seems that when a gang of fifty year olds were polled as to their favourite activity, sex came third after … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexander Kraft, Champs Elysees, Chanel Couture, Christian B. BArker, Cifonelli, Columbine Strickland, Daily Mail, Dear Rowley, Edward Green, Eurostar, Fashion at Royal Ascot, Financial Times, Gitaine, Hotel Bedford Paris, Hugo Jacomet, James Sherwood, Jungle Red, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lorenzo Cifonelli, Louis Vuitton, Madame Bluebell, Napoleon III, Newcastle University, Paris, Ralph Lauren, Rolex, Rolls Royce, Rue de Bac, Rue de Rivoli, Savile Row: The Master Tailors of British Bespoke, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Monaco Real Estate, Spectacular: The Golden Age of Paris Cabaret, the Lido, The Lido Dance Captain, The Rake

Shake the Money Tree January 2011

Dear Rowley, Just a quickie darling. Two very pesky magazine editors didn’t pay me when they promise so last week was all about austerity. I feared I would have to throw myself on the mercy of the parish or, worse, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 40 Vogue Menthol, An Ideal Husband, Ashley Heath, Audrey Hepburn, Baxter's Lobster Bisque, Bloomsbury Towers, Bobby Hillson, Bubbles ROthermere, chianti, Clerkenwell, Count Dracula, Dame Barbara Cartland, Diana Princess of Wales, Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries of Thoroughbred Style, Fortnum & Mason, gruyere, Hatchard's, Henry Poole & Co, Hugh Paddick, James Lock & Co, James Sherwood, Jerry Hall, Julian & Sandy, Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Kerry Taylor, Kerry Taylor Auctions, King Charles II, Leslie Caron, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Marie Celeste, Marie Helvin, MArk Winstanley, Mrs Chieveley, Nell Gwnn, Oscar Wilde, Patricia Carruthers, Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, Princess Lilian of BElgium, Princess Margaret, Ralph Lauren, Round the Horne, Rowley, Savile Row: The Master Tailors of British Bespoke, Savoy, Sotheby's, Tesco, Thames & Hudson, the money tree, the raggle taggle gypsies, The Rake, Turnbull & Asser, Waitrose, Waterstones Piccadilly, Wyvern Bindery

Chatsworth Attic Sale October 2010

Dear Rowley, Forgive the deafening silence. I popped-up to Derbyshire with Mrs T to view Sotheby’s Chatsworth House attic sale. You would have adored an 18th century gilt and cobalt blue brocade set of ballroom chairs from Devonshire House. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anda Rowalnd, Bernadette Peters, Bette Midler, British Rail, Chatsworth, Chris Skelton, Count Peter, Eli Wallach, Faberge, Gucci, Guccio Gucci, Henry Poole & Co, Lac du Cygnes, Legally Blonde, London, Mathilde Kschessinska, Mrs T, Princess Romanovsky, Royal Opera House, Savoy, Savoy Tearoom, Signature Suites Savoy, Sotheby's, The Bay, Toronto

Diamond Days. April 2013.

I Love Paris June 2011

Shake the Money Tree January 2011

Chatsworth Attic Sale October 2010

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