Richmond May issue

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PAGODA
Editor’s blog
www.richmondmagazine.co.uk
Richard Nye Editor
editorial@sheengate.co.uk
HISTORY is one long repeat. If the polls are
Picture by Anthony Smith
correct, this Labour Government is finished.
Private view. A glorious gaggle of first-time models shows off the sparkling new lingerie
Sooner or later, the nation will be putting its
and swimwear range of SL Privee, the exclusive shop on Richmond Hill, at its first
cross against a Tory party pledged to end the
annual spring fashion show. Held at stylish St Margaret’s wine bar ParVinu, the event
financial chaos.
raised £2,230 for Lynn’s Bowel Cancer Campaign, run by ex-BBC Watchdog presenter,
In this issue, we focus on the celebrations
borough resident and bowel cancer survivor Lynn Faulds Wood. The models, all of
marking 500 years since the accession of
whom were clients with no previous experience of catwalk life, showcased collections
Henry VIII, Hampton Court’s very own
from La Perla, Verde Veronica, Valery and Aubade, reinforcing the SL Privee mantra:
neighbour from hell. But there is another
‘changing women’s lives’. “The models did an incredible job, and now everybody is
anniversary this month. For on May 4, it will
volunteering to do it next time,” said proprietor Susana Lorena. “It made me so proud
be exactly 30 years since Margaret Thatcher,
to see my friends and clients, ranging in age from their 20s to their 50s, all out there
that other political leviathan, came to power
proving that lingerie is not just for supermodels. No matter who you are, it’s ok to feel
– at the head of a Tory Party pledged to end
confident and sexy.”
the financial chaos. In politics, there is
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For Lady Thatcher, of course, it all ended in
tears – literally. So too for John Major, her
Henry v Maggie: vote now
much vilified successor. Now the New Labour
Two of the nation’s most iconic leaders are marking a
project, once the herald of the dawn, is
key anniversary. For Henry VIII – focus of our
waning in the lurid half-light. Dust to dust,
feature pages this month – it is 500 years since
ashes to ashes; beauty never keeps her accession to the throne. For Margaret Thatcher, it is
lustrous eyes.
exactly 30 years since her arrival in Downing Street.
Perhaps Henry VIII felt like that. As our
Powerful, uncompromising, controversial: the pair
main feature explains, Henry wasn’t always
had much in common, though separated by over 400
the corpulent ogre he became in later years.
years. Where one destroyed the monasteries, the
In fact, his coronation on Midsummer Day
other brought down the miners; both quarrelled with
their chancellors and fell out with the rest of Europe;
1509 was received with rapturous joy. Did
each fretted endlessly about the succession.
he look back at that sunlit hour as he lay on
But which of these two titans made the greater
Sevens up. Caroline Jacomb, from
his bloated deathbed, 38 weary years later,
impact – the slayer of socialism or the scourge of
Putney, is the winner of our March
and wonder how the dream turned sour?
Rome? Vote now for the leader you believe left the
competition for a night at the newly
History, it seems, is programmed to mock more significant legacy – good or bad. To spur you
opened London Marriott Hotel
our noblest aims. Yet some things do endure. on, every voter will be entered into a prize draw for
Twickenham – part of the inspiring
After Margaret, old socialism was dead;
the ultimate Tudor tipple: a free bottle of mead.
South Stand development at
after Henry, the Reformation had a crucial
TO WIN: simply write the word ‘Henry’ or ‘Maggie’
Twickenham Stadium – plus tickets
foothold on these shores. Individuals count.
on a postcard and send it with contact details to: The
for the London Sevens at the
And that is why no lover of English history
Big Vote, Sheengate Publishing Ltd, Unit A4,
stadium on May 24. Caroline hoped
Kingsway Business Park, Oldfield Road, Hampton,
to win for her rugby-mad husband
could possibly ignore the anniversary of this
Middx TW12 2HD. Alternatively, email your vote to:
(above). The correct answer to the
fearful king, or fail to be moved by the great
editorial@sheengate.co.uk. Closing date: May 20.
question was: New Zealand.
moonlit bulk of Hampton Court.
Additional remarks welcome! Poll results next month.
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