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Shopping April 2011
Dear Rowley, A rather frustrating day late last week with a visit to the National Archives in Kew. We were led to believe that the National Archives had a substantial amount of material relating to Henry Poole & Co so … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolsheviks, Capri, Christopher Lee, Corfu, Dear Rowley, Dick Emery Mandy, Emperor Tiberius, Glenda Slagg, Grand Duchess Anastasia, H&M, Henry Poole & Co, Holborn Health Spa, Hothouses at Kew, James Bond, James Sherwood, John Lewis, Keith Levett, Kew Gardens, Kew Palace, King George III, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Margaret Howell, Molton Brown, National Archives Kew, Oooh you are awful, Oxford Street, Pagoda Kew, Prime Suspect, Private Eye, Queen Charlotte, Richard Craig, Royal wedding, Sanderson bed linen. Mount Etna, Savile Row, Savoy, Scaramanga, Sky TV, Stalag 9, Tiberius, Top Shop, Uniqulo, Wallace Collection, Windsor Castle Royal Archives, Zara
Suits You Sir March 2011
Dear Rowley, I’ve been reading a superb new biography of all the Empresses of Rome from Livia to the fall of the empire and feel quite an affinity with the Empress Livia, Augustus’s wife. The lady allegedly poisoned most of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alma Rattenbury, Anne MArie Duff, BBc Royal Wedding, Budd the Shirt Maker, Burlesque, Cause Celebre, Cher, Dashing Tweeds, Deal or No Deal, Dear Rowley, Derren Brown, Emperor Augustus, Empress Livia, Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries of Thoroughbred Style, Fila, Guy Hills, Happy Fryer, Helen MIrren, Holborn Health Spa, Huntsman, James Sherwood, Jezebel, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Louis Vuitton Guide to London 2012, Nike, Olbas Oil, Patrick Murphy, Piccadilly Arcade, Poppy Charles, Rowley, Royal wedding, Salad Days, Savile Row, Tacitus, Terence Rattigan, Tiberius, You haven't seen the last of me
Savoy Countdown September 2010
Dear Rowley, Are you of the opinion that we should all really try to have a little more sex? I say this because it seems as if le tout London is doing The One Show on t’Internet and I am convinced … Continue reading
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