Now here’s something you don’t see much of in my clubs. Two lovely ladies drinking tea…
Let me explain. These two ladies of course are the very famous TV stars Jenny Eclair and Linda Robson. Jenny is one of the UK’s top comediennes. She always seems to be on someone-or-other’s chat show and has had many of her own shows. To her right is Linda who famously paired up with Pauline Quirk in the sitcom Birds of a Feather.
The reason they’re sitting in Stringfellows drinking tea is because they were doing a piece for the BBC for the charity Let’s Dance for Sports Relief for the TV programme known as The Grumpies and I hope you get to watch this because the pair of them attempt to pole-dance and I promise you it will be one of the funniest things you have ever seen. This will be aired this Saturday 13th March and of course if you miss it you can get it after on the BBC website - Let’s Dance for Sports Relief and of course it will be on YouTube.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007w644
On top of all that I count these two ladies as really good friends. They’ve both had great history in the club and it’s an absolute delight to sit down and catch up with them. Of course, seeing them do their bit for the TV was watching two consummate professionals at work. No wonder they’re well loved. Well done girls and thank you BBC a great accolade for my club.
February 25, 2010 – 3:16 pm
Just thought I’d let you see this photo. This is of course the very famous and very lovable Russ Abbot. Russ says he always has his hair cut at least once a year and always in Barbados.
Well, we’ve spent the last three weeks here and had a fantastic wonderful time. The weather’s been sensational, and the Barbadians themselves are lovely people.
We’ve been staying at a villa called the Green Monkey, which is so called because the place is surrounded by monkeys who come and see us every morning for their bananas.
As I speak we are waiting for our car to take us to the airport on our way back to Miami.
The food here in Barbados has been wonderful, so let me make a point to anyone who reads Michael Winner’s column in the Sunday Times where he is always running down the restaurant ‘The Cliff’ saying the service is abysmal and the food is over rated. Let Bella and I put you straight…The food is not only the best on the island but also some of the best in the world and the service is fantastic.
OK it’s expensive but so are all the other top world-class restaurants throughout the world.
As far as we’re concerned it’s worth every Barbadian dollar.
There are times when Michael Winner says some very stupid things in his column. Still he is quite readable and I hear he has a new TV show coming out in the UK, which is being rated by some and not by others. It will be interesting to see how he deals with his critics.
PS. Other top restaurants in Barbados are The Tide, The Lone Star, Daphne’s and The Fish Pot.
February 22, 2010 – 6:15 pm
And here he is Boris Becker himself - one of Stringfellows top fans. It wasn’t so long ago he was in the club celebrating his stag night and he enjoyed it so much he followed it up with another visit the very next day. And here he is, back again celebrating the birth of his first baby with his wife Sharlely “Lilly” Kerssenberg and once again he and his friends had a sensational time.
Boris says he loves the club not only because of the atmosphere but the staff is always so good and he feels safe. It’s somewhere he can really relax. Of course he knows we don’t allow the press in so there are no sneaky photos… That’s a wonderful accolade Boris, Thank you.
February 22, 2010 – 6:14 pm
Darius - one of our long term Stringfellows fans was in the club celebrating the fact that he has won ‘Popstar to Operastar’ which didn’t surprise me because I happen to know that Daruis has a fantastic voice.
So we’ve had Darius the Pop Singer, Darius the West-End Actor and now Darius the Opera star. So what’s next Darius? Whatever it is we wish you the best of luck and just to let you know that the Angels are some of your best fans ever.
February 10, 2010 – 5:24 pm
Bella and I left London a couple of weeks ago. Our first stop was Miami where we bumped into the build up of the 2010 Super Bowl final between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints.
Obviously we had to choose who we were going to support. Knowing nothing about either team we decided that the black and the gold of the Saints were our kind of colours and their T-Shirts were brilliant. Then we found out that they were well and truly the underdogs and that clinched it for us. Of course you know the outcome - the Saints won.
At all times Miami is a very exciting and fun city and certainly one of our favourites in the world and the build-up to the Super Bowl made it even better. All the razzmatazz that the Americans do so well was there.
And you know what? Not the slightest feeling of a bad atmosphere or any kind of agro at all… it was just fun, fun, fun, all the way.
Right now we’re in Barbados just relaxing and waiting for our wedding anniversary on Valentines Day.
We’ll keep you posted.
January 27, 2010 – 7:35 pm
OK, so you guys don’t know who this guy is, but your wife or girlfriend will. It is the very famous Matthew Williamson.
This guy stands alongside Amanda Wakeley, Stella McCartney and Robert Cavelli. He is one of the world’s top designers even Bella has two in her wardrobe, one she calls her ‘beautiful white floaty dress’.
He came in with a lovely lady Called Annabel who he calls ‘his best friend’
Now what is the story? Well he told one of the dancers that his ambition is to dance on the stage around one of our poles. So being that he is incredibly famous we agreed he could but only when the club closed at 4.30 am and yes he did wait and he and Annabel danced around the pole for about 20mins.
I am sorry to tell you that we cannot show you the photos as we keep them a secret as you can imagine, but then again if Hello would like to offer £250,000 for them we can see what we can do.
Only kidding!
January 23, 2010 – 4:04 pm
Well, well, good old Sid Owen makes a welcome return to Stringfellows.
He came in with Jamie Wood (that’s Ronnie Woods’s son. Jamie use to manage Ronnie before the family bust up) and his brother Scott. They were celebrating Scott becoming a father to a beautiful baby girl.
A little know fact about Sid Owen, not only is he a star of East Enders the T.V soap, a very good singer, a restaurateur, but he’s also a very funny guy. The last time Bella and I were in his company we never stopped laughing. He really could be a stand up comedian. Welcome back Sid….
January 14, 2010 – 3:21 pm
We haven’t seen much of Simon Cowell in the past few months but here comes one of his X Factor protégés Jamie Archer. Sadly I didn’t get to meet him but Simon sent his best wishes and Jamie went on to have a fantastic time. And here’s the truth of it - I actually thought this guy was going to win.
Anyway, Jamie you’re always welcome in the club and if you feel like performing one night just get on the stage and go for it.
PS. The two angels sitting with him are Santa and China and that’s as much as you’re going to get to know.
January 12, 2010 – 12:30 pm
Well hi guys, I just thought I’d show you a couple of nice photos from our Christmas and New Year.
Well like I said before we escaped the big London freeze in Italy for Christmas and then back to Mallorca for New Year’s Eve where we spent New Year’s Eve itself in our favourite restaurant Di Benedenetta with a few of our favouite friends who included of course Richard Keys from Sky Sports and his lovely wife Julia.
January 12, 2010 – 10:13 am
Just before we left London we were invited for a Christmas dinner at the most famous and celebrated hairdresser in the UK (personal hairstylist to the late Princess Diana) Nicky Clarke’s place.
For you guys who like to watch ‘Celebrity Come Dine With Me’ will know that Nicky won his programme hands down. (I know I lost mine, but that was a fix!)
The man was a marvel. He arrived late to his own dinner party having watched Arsenal win at home, then realised he hadn’t got my favourite wine - the only one I ever drink so he went to Tescos to get some Viña Sol and within 15 minutes of returning he had on the table a fantastic chicken curry dinner. OK, he was assisted by his very beautiful girlfriend Kelly but it has to be said Bella and I were very impressed.
