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Read more: 144. Shanghai, you magnificent overachiever.144. Shanghai, you magnificent overachiever.
If cities were supermodels, Shanghai would be the impossibly tall, other-worldly beauty, all height, confidence and angles, with silky molasses-coloured hair, improbably bright blue eyes, flawless skin. The kind of presence you simply can’t look away from. I was struck by her scale and shine. There’s a palpable sense of pride in what’s been built.…
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34. The golden light
Read more: 34. The golden lightI saw her two more times, Stuart thrice. Each time was a little easier, a little less unspoken stranger danger flying round the room. We leave Orla with the golden light of parental love all around her and can confirm with surety she is a blessed little girl. But let’s not deny this one: in…
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33. There always has to be a last breakfast
Read more: 33. There always has to be a last breakfastNervous flyer. Better not be the last fucking supper as well. I’ve got stories to write on the plane….
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32. Matinee Idol
Read more: 32. Matinee IdolToday we went to the Apollo Theatre and saw Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem. We picked it because it had rave reviews, we’d heard Mark Rylance the lead actor was extraordinary and we could actually get in. SO there we were at 1:30, taking our two expensive seats in the stalls, snuggled up as we were with…
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31. Best intentions
Read more: 31. Best intentionsThe National Gallery was today’s key item on the agenda. That was the intention. Two days left in London, better take in some of the grand masters. But then I met Steve for lunch, cheap Japanese joint called TOKYO in Chinatown, soba noodles, Leicester Square Tube, four stops, BOOM, Harvey Nichols. Harvey Nichols is a…
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30. A wall I’m crazy about on Dean Street
Read more: 30. A wall I’m crazy about on Dean Street
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29. Amateur Hour
Read more: 29. Amateur HourSo we’d booked a table at The Ivy for Sunday lunch, because people said we should. Snuggled in the heart of Soho since the early twentieth century , it’s nana chic walls are lined with black and white photographs of history’s theatrical royalty – Laurence Olivier, Marlene Dietrich and Dame Nellie Melba all ate there.…
Secret Royalty On Tour 