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Remembrance. November 2012.
Dear Rowley, Aren’t you thrilled that Strictly Come Dancing is stitching up The X-Factor like a kipper this season? Does this mean the British public are tiring of the cynical, no-talent schlockfest we’ve had to suffer in recent years and is finally … Continue reading →
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Barbary. August 2012.
Dear Rowley, The most hilarious Olympics advertising hoarding slapped across the top deck of the number 38 bus courtesy of Coca Cola. ‘Celebrating the Beat’. Can’t make it up can you? In the ongoing vanity project that is preparation for … Continue reading →
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Whither the Arts? August 2012.
Dear Rowley, Julian Assange is a pustule on the face of British and international politics. Nobody had even heard of the little smirker a couple of years ago and now he’s causing a diplomatic incident with Estonia or Ecuador or … Continue reading →
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Toast of the Riviera. July 2012.
Dear Rowley, Just returned from four days in Nice with the artist. You know times have been rather hard of late learning to accommodate rather debilitating migraines and chronic sinus trouble so I couldn’t think of a better place to … Continue reading →
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The Picture of Dorian Gray. July 2012.
Dear Rowley, A good day’s work at No 17 Clifford Street with the gang but I still don’t feel 100% up to snuff so retired to the daybed in Bloomsbury Towers with the boxed set of Downton Abbey. It is … Continue reading →
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