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The Queen. February 2012.
Dear Rowley, Did you stay up last night to watch the Super Bowl? Well, I wouldn’t ordinarily except for the promise that Madonna would perform at half time. The closest England has to such an occasion is asking the soprano … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdication Crisis, Amy Winehouse, Balmoral, Cleopatra, Commonwealth, Dear Rowley, Demi Moore, Diamond Jubilee, Diamond Jubilee Portrait John Swannell, Diana Princess of Wales, Edward VIII, Elizabeth Taylor, George VI, Holly Willoughby, Industrial Revolution, James Sherwood, Last Night of the Proms, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Linsey Lohan, MDNA, Osborne House, Pete Dawson, Philip Schofield, Princess Margaret, Q, Queen Elizabeth 11, Queen Victoria, QVC, Rule Britannia, Sandringham, Super Bowl Madonna, The Perfect Gentleman, This Morning, Valentine's Day, W.E., Windsor Castle
Ready for Take Off. August 2011.
Dear Rowley, Aren’t you adoring the story that former Home Secretary Jackie (or is she a Jacquie?) Smith has been redirecting convicts from their community service to paint her back bedroom? It just about says it all about New Labour’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Antinous, Arthur in the Afternoon, Aussie Bum, Balkans, BBC, Black MIschief, Bloomsbury Towers, Boadicea, Camden Council, Carry on Follow that Camel, Cassandra, Christina Crawford, Christopher Wren Hotel, Coca Cola, Colonel Gadaffi, Corfu, Daily Mail, Dear Rowley, Desdemona, Eton, Evelyn Waugh, Fashion at Royal Ascot, Geraldine Woods, Handmade in England, House of Cards, Iago, Jackie Smith, James Sherwood, Joan Collins, Joan Crawford, Kate Adie, Keith Levett, Kettner's, Lady GaGa, Lara Mingay, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liza Minnelli Love Magazine, Liza with a Z, London, Love magazine, Machiavelli, New Labour, Philip Schofield, Queen's Gallery Buckingham Palace, RAB, Reiss, reiss made to measure, Savoy, Savoy Signature Suites, Scott Wimsett, Shepherd's Bush, St George's Chapel, St Moritz, Super Mario, Terry Richardson, Thames & Hudson, The History Boys, The Prince, Tripoli, Waitrose, Windsor Castle
Free the Corfu One. August 2011.
Dear Rowley, You recall last year better half and I took a house on the North East coast of Corfu in September? It was one of those idyllic farmhouses in the hills overlooking the mountains of Albania surrounded by red … Continue reading
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Tagged Agni beach, Anna Boleyna, Anne Boleyn, Champagne, Charlie Chaplin, Claude Lorraine, Claude Monet, Corfu, Davos, Dear Rowley, Donizetti, Dubonnet & Gin, Frank Sinatra, George Osborne, Geraldine Woods, HM The Queen, Jackie Collins, James Sherwood, Katherine Hepburn, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Margaret Rhodes, Maria Callas Suite, Marlene Dietrich, Mau Mau, Monet, Mrs T, Nat Rothschild, Noel Coward, Norma Desmond, Oxford Street, Pat & Margaret, Patience Strong, Peter Mandleson, Peter Millard, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Richard Harris, Rothschilds, Savoy, Savoy Signature Suites, Soho, St Stefanos, Sunset Boulevard, Thames, The Final Curtsey, Thora Hird, Van Gogh, Villebrequin, Windsor Castle
The Tweed Run April 2011
Dear Rowley, There’s a Kirsty McColl song called Thank You for the Days that came to mind on Grand National Saturday. It has now become something of a tradition that I gather-up a picnic and scads of Prosecco from John … Continue reading
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