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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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agios Stephanos, Agios Stephanos Rothschild Villas, Anthony Blanche, Art Nouveau, Ballets Russes, Barry Manilow, Broadway, Carol Channing, Centre Stage, Coco Chanel, Corfu, Covent Garden, Daily Mail, Dame Barbara Cartland, Dear Breaks, Dear Rowley, Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend, Earl's Court, Ecuador, England, Errol, Estonia, French Riviera, Gare de Lyon, Gare du Nord, Hello Dolly, Hot Chocolate, In Season Holborn, Jacques de Bascher, James Sherwood, Jeremy Kyle, John Bowering, Jubolympics, Julian Assange, Karl Lagerfeld, La Farmer, Lady Edith Foxwell, Lady Idina Erroll., Le Train Bleu Restaurant, Liza Minnelli, Marilyn Monroe, Mayfair, Nice, Paralympic Games London 2012, Patti Lupone, Plage Ruhl, Plage Ruhl Nice, Ponte Vecchio Earl's Court, Prosecco, Quentin Letts, Rialto Bridge, Salad Days, Savile Row, Serge Diaghliev, Serge Lifar, Shaun Leane, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, St Pancras, Stephen Hayter, Susan Farmer, Telegraph crossword, the artist, The Three Disgraces, Tia, Timothy Morgan Owen, Tony Hart, UNICEF Lady Edith Foxwell. Embassy Club, West End, Yves Klein, Yves Saint Laurent

Hello Gorgeous! August 2011.

Dear Rowley, Deal or No Deal. It’s not a game show: it’s a cult. I tell you, the Scientologists could learn a trick or two about brainwashing. I am now hardwired to climb the stairs in Bloomsbury Towers like La … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amy Winehouse, Anda Rowland, Anderson & Sheppard, Barbra Streisand, Bloomsbury Towers, Charles II, Cigala, Cleopatra, Daisy Gambol, Deal or No Deal, Dear Rowley, Death Valley, Dovima, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Geraldine Woods, Gill Wilson, Handmade in England, Holborn Health & Fitness Spa, Icarus, James Sherwood, La Divina., La Somnambula, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Lucas Dietrich, Maria Callas, Melinda, Nell Gwynn, Newcastle University, Noel Edmunds, Notes from the Row, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Ramadan, Reincarnation, Richard Avedon, Royal Ascot, Savile Row, Schiaparelli, Scientology, Tessa Salmo, Thames & Hudson, The Rake, Today programme, Vanity Fair, Yves Saint Laurent

Nice Set of Beads. July 2011.

Dear Rowley, About a thousand years ago, I was mooted to ghost write the memoirs of mannequin, muse and French fashion icon Maxime de la Falaise: sister of Mark Birley and mother of Yves Saint Laurent muse Loulou. Her lair … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ann Cox Chambers, Bernadette Peters, Bloomsbury Towers, Cabaret, Chippendale, Cliff Richard, Count Maximilian Cabaret, Craft & Excellence, Cultural Olympiad, David Morris, Dear Rowley, Delhi Durbar Crown, Diamonds, Dragon Empress, emeralds, Erin Morris, Forbes Rich List, Garrard, Handmade in England: The Enduring Legacy of Quality, Henry V, James Sherwood, Jeremy Morris, Joss Stone, Kenneth Brannagh, King George V, Last Empress of China, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Loulou de la Falaise, Maharajas, Manhattan, Mark Birley, Nice, Old Bond Street, Olympics 2012, Pommel Horse, Queen Mary, Royal Albert Hall, Sally Bowles, sapphires, Sunset Boulevard, Tate Modern, Thames & Hudson, The Archive Hunter, Yves Saint Laurent

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aintree, Anda Rowland, Ascot Enclosure, Ascot GRandstand, Balmain, Bedford Square, Catherine MIddleton, Cheltenham, Dear Rowley, Duke of Devonshire, Ewan McGregor, Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries of Fashion at Royal Ascot, Fitzroy Square, Ginger Beer, Grand National, Huntsman, James Sherwood, John Lewis, Johnny Allen, Kirsty McColl, Ladbroke GRove, Lady Elizabeth Anson, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Marrakech, Natalie Galustian, Oscar Time, Paris, Peter Smith, Pimms, Poppy Charles, Prince William, Privy Councel, Prosecco, Royal Ascot, Royal Enclosure, Royal Mile, Royal wedding, Sam Whaley-Cohen, Savile Row, Tarzan, Thank You For The Days, The Chap, The Chap Olympiad, The Queen, The Tweed Run, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, Yves Saint Laurent

It’s Grim Down South January 2011

Dear Rowley, Don’t you love the shipping forecast? It reminds me of meditating. You haven’t got a clue what they’re saying but the mantra comforts and reassures. Let’s face it that’s what we all need this January. January is always … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Akris, Alexa Chung, Alexander McQueen, Annie Leibowitz, Ascot, Balenciaga, Bette Davis, Bloomsbury Towers, Bobby Hillson, British Fashion, British Vogue February 2011, Bubbles ROthermere, Caroline Baker, Charlottte Pilcher, Chloe, Christopher Kane, Daily Mail, DAKS, Derek Lam, Donna Karan, Erdem, Etro, Fashion at Royal Ascot, Harpers & Queen, Harriet Quick, Hello, Holly Fulton, I don't know how she does it, James Sherwood, John Lewis, Jonathan Saunders, Julian Assange, Kandahar, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lisa Armstrong, Lucinda Chambers, Mad Men, Margaret Howell, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Grant, Mary KAtrantzou, MaxMara, Muji, Patsy Stone, Prada, Prada sunglasses, Private Eye, Richard Nicholl, Rowley, Sarah Burton, Savile Row, Savoy Cocktail Book, Spring/Summer 2011 fashion, St Martins, Thames & Hudson, The Bay Toronto, The Mirror Crack'd, the Shipping Forecast, the Spectator, Twitter, Valpoliparrot, Vanity Fair, Victoria Beckham, Vincent Price, Why Don't You? Habitat, Yves Klein, Yves Saint Laurent

Whither the Arts? August 2012.

Hello Gorgeous! August 2011.

Nice Set of Beads. July 2011.

The Tweed Run April 2011

It’s Grim Down South January 2011

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