Paris Match. December 2012.

Dear Rowley, Dispatches from Paris from the Perfect Gentleman book signing at Ralph Lauren on the Boulevard Saint Germain. Have you been? Imagine an 18th century hotel particulier with parquet floors worthy of Versailles, paintings worthy of the Musee d’Orsay and staterooms exquisitely … Continue reading

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The Final Push. August 2012.

Dear Rowley, Glorious tintanabulations! I had a call from the lovely Adélia at Thames & Hudson (my publisher’s PA and so much more) to tell me the first advance copy of The Perfect Gentleman was hot off the presses and ready … Continue reading

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Regent’s Perk. August 2012.

Dear Rowley, Every time I put the BBC Olympic coverage on the flatscreen at Bloomsbury Towers it appears that Britain has won another gold medal. I thought we must be up to about thirty by now. Then I realised the … Continue reading

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Ready for My Close-Up. September 2011.

Dear Rowley, Do forgive darling, I’ve been back from hols for four days and have been quite simply at full gallop since setting hoof on tarmac at Gatwick. While on Corfu, I had a call from my delectable agent Geraldine … Continue reading

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Grecian 2011. September 2011.

Dear Rowley, Well darling, how did we leave London for the holidays? Like Anastasia fleeing the Boleshevik hoards. We packed everything civilised such as Earl Grey, Marmite and the Cambridge Emeralds and fled for Gatwick with not a moment to … Continue reading

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