Glass Houses. July 2011.
Dear Rowley, Don’t you despair of British newspapers sometimes? I’m not a reader of the News of the World or the Sun but do glance at the headlines when buying my morning Telegraph to read in the steam...
View ArticleOff With Her Head. July 2011.
Dear Rowley, The most extraordinary thing. I was tripping through Bloomsbury Square when I chanced upon a couple eating al-fresco on the grass – not dissimilar to Manet’ Dejuner sur l’herbe – wearing...
View ArticleOn A Clear Day. July 2012.
Dear Rowley, I left you on the Boulevard des Anglais in Nice luxuriating in the Ruhe beach club with the artist. Four days of sheer bliss as it happens. I did find the architecture in Nice...
View ArticleCannes Can. May 2013.
Dear Rowley, Couldn’t you just die for the French Riviera? I fell in love with the Cote d’Azur aged five when I first saw Cary Grant’s dashing jewel thief and Grace Kelly’s American heiress play cat...
View ArticleTender is the Night. May 2013.
Dear Rowley, The Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc has been the mise-en-scène for the most enchanted evenings in the history of the Cannes Film Festival and none more so than amfAR’s 20th anniversary gala. The...
View ArticleFrom Here To Maternity. July 2013.
Dear Rowley, Did you see Burton & Taylor last night on BBC4 starring Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth and Dominic West as Richard? When I saw the publicity stills I nearly choked on my Geraldini...
View ArticleStritchie! July 2014.
Dear Rowley, I remember having a conversation with La Farmer one night around a table at Ciao Bella as to whether there was such a thing as a female hell raiser of the show business variety. The 1960s...
View ArticleChase the Lady. March 2015.
Dear Rowley, What with the helmeted swarm of Lycra and rage otherwise known as cyclists and the droids in headphones marching towards Holborn tube, London’s streets at rush hour are turning into The...
View ArticleCut, Print, Move On. April 2015.
Dear Rowley, Language is so terribly important isn’t it? I recall the shock when I first heard a newspaper feature of mine – deftly penned with great care I might add – described as ‘content’. A little...
View ArticleShow Business. May 2015.
Dear Rowley, What a world Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana has been born into. Should you wish to see hubris and cynicism dressed in its most gaudy, absurd raiment one should look no further than New...
View ArticleD.I.V.O.R.C.E. September 2016.
Dear Rowley, Another clunking foot-in-mouth social media moment from Vogue who – reporting on the divorce of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie – wrote ‘today shall go down as the day love died’. You’d think...
View ArticleCartier in Motion. May 2017.
Dear Rowley, To the private view and lunch for the Design Museum’s Cartier in Motion exhibition yesterday. The exhibit was curated by Norman Foster who was at the press conference with Cartier’s...
View ArticleAnne of the Thousand Days. April 2018.
Dear Rowley, One of the most formative films I ever saw on the television as a child was Anne of the Thousand Days. The title refers to Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, who reigned for 1000...
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