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Women of Power II. July 2012.
Dear Rowley, I do love 48-hours in bed, don’t you? It was the Wimbledon Men’s Final on Sunday and my friend Patricia and I decided to make a day of it. She ordered a dozen oysters and two lobsters and … Continue reading
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Tagged Anda Rowland, Andy Murray, Billy clark of chambers, Bloomsbury Towers, camp Greco-Roman health spa, Dear Breaks, Dear Rowley, Dr Baines, Holborn Grange Hotel, James Sherwood, Jubolympics, Judy Murray, Kay Thompson, Legendary Liza, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Like A virgin, Liza Minnelli, London, Madonna, Maxine PEak, Mayfair, MDNA tour, Old Famous Grouse, Olympics 2012, Patricia Carruthers, Prosecco, Roger Federer, Rupert Penry-Jones, Russell Square Media Hub, Sainsbury's Holborn, Savile Row, Silk, Southampton Row, Stephen Tennant, Wimbledon Men's Singles Final, Women of Power
I’ve Been To A Marvellous Party. December 2011.
Dear Rowley, As La Farmer would say, I feel like I’ve been shot out of a canon; rather in the spirit of Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie hollering ‘raspberries darling!’ . As the old boiler said to the taxi dancer, … Continue reading
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Tagged Antiques Roadshow, BBC Fashion at Royal Ascot. Dear Rowley, Bespoke Banter, Bill Tildon, Blithe Spirit, Bloomsbury Towers. Bloomsbury Square, Brenda Dean Paul, Bright Young Things, Bryan and Diana Guinness, Capri, Carol Channing, Cecil Beaton, Charleston, Duke of Windsor, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Faberge. Wartski. Geoffrey Munn, Fellini, Fort Belvedere, Fotheringay, Fox St James's Street, Gail Capri, Great Exhibition 1851, House of Elliot, James Sherwood, Joe Allen, Kate & William, Lady Elizabeth Anson, Mary Queen of Scots, Mrs Simpson, Napoleon III, NBC, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, Primrose HIll, Prince of WAles, Queen Mary, Royal Ascot, Royal wedding, Russian Imperial Family, Scott Wimsett, Sir Tom Baker, Southampton Row, Stephen Tennant, Tallulah Bankhead, Thames & Hudson, The Boyfriend, the Duke of Windsor, The Kooples, The Perfect Gentleman, the raft of the Medusas, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Guy Hills. Dashing Tweeds. Kirstie, Timothy Morgan Owen, Tsar Nicholas II. Empress Alix., Valpoliparrot
Out of Africa…March 2011
Dear Rowley, The age of anxiety seems to be growing apace. So now we’re policing Libya’s no-fly zone as well as Afghanistan and Iraq while cutting the armed forces to the point when all we’ll have left is equipment made … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Agent Provocateur, Anthony Keegan, Bloomsbury Towers, Botswana, British Ambassador's Residence Tokyo, Bruce Willis, Cherie Blair, Chobe River, DeBeers, Ed Milliband, Fashion at Royal Ascot, Fisher Price, General Pinochet, Gloria Hunniford, Hilda Sherwood, Hound of the Baskervilles, HSBC, HSBC Bank, James Sherwood, Japan, Justin Bieber, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Libya, Louis Vuitton Guide to London 2012, Midsomer Murders, Mrs Thomas, Nan Gandy, Nuclear Fallout, Obsession, Oddbins Liquidation, Prince Andrew, Queen's speech, Radio Times, Rowley, Sabu, Saint Moritz, Southampton Row, steve Lidbury, Strictly Come Dancing, Susan Farmer, The London Cut Tokyo, The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Tokyo, Tony Blair, Tsunami
Savile Row Days March 2011
Dear Rowley, It was the best of times, it was the worst of times as Dickens has it…frequently. Wednesday began at Geo F. Trumper with Liz and Sidik on fine form as my locks were trimmed and nails buffed. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Wakeley, Anda Rowland, Anderson & Sheppard, BBC News, Bobby Hillson, Capri Dry Cleaners Southampton Row, CNN, Dear Rowley, Diane, Fashion at Royal Ascot, Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries of Thoroughbred Style, Gail, Geo F Trumper, George Mount Street, Gieves & Hawkes, Gypsy Sherwood, Hardy Amies, Heywood Hill, Holborn Health & Fitness Club, Inga Ruby, James Sherwood, John Galliano, Katy Thomas, Keith Levett, Lambeth Walk, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liam Fayed, Liz and Sidik, Mark Powell, Mount Street, Mr Hitchcock, Mr Miller, Mrs T, Noel Coward Signature Suite, Noel Coward Society, Nutritionist, Pashmina, Penelope Keith, Prince William, Prince William wedding attire, Rowley, Royal wedding, Royal Wedding coverage. More4 Alexander McQueen documentary, Savile Row, Savile Row: The Master Tailors of British Bespoke, Savoy, Savoy Museum, Shivaun, Sian Phillips, Simon Callow, Southampton Row, Stephen Fry, Thames & Hudson, the Duke of Devonshire., the Hon Nancy Mitford, The Third Space Soho, Turnbull & Asser, Wilton's