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Wednesday 09 July 2025.

Wednesday 09 July 2025...I went to two events tonight.... 6.45pm to 9pm . 'Tjukurrpa: The Dreaming' Private View At UNIT Gallery, 3 Hanover Square , Mayfair, London W1. A group show featuring nine aboriginal artists. Around 150 guests here A cool looking crowd with lots of glamorous females . Complimentary drinks were two different cocktails. See Getty Images for some nice photos of the event. then 9.45pm to 11.30pm . TILL THE STARS COME DOWN - press/VIP opening night party at The Haymarket Hotel, London SW1. The play was held at the nearby Theatre Royal . I just read a five star review in The Times. Around 300 guests here , including SALLY WOOD ( Ronnie's wife), ALISON STEADMAN, TAZMIN OUTHWAITE ,ANNEKA RICE . Others seen leaving the theatre but not going to the party were Vanessa Feltz, Twiggy , Sue Perkins , Alex Horne and Jane Moore who i saw at Black Sabbath Birmingham , as she is a close friend of Sharon Osbourne. Complimentary wines , beers , fish n chips, scallops and canapes. ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Tuesday 08 July 2025...5.45pm to 10.15pm.. CONVENE - launch party - 200 Aldersgate , St Paul's, London EC1. Welcome to the next chapter of this iconic building: newly refurbished offices perfectly positioned where two prime neighbourhoods intersect. A huge modern venue, with fourteen different size spaces, over the two floors of 26,000 square feet . A big crowd of over 200 guests here. We got here early , so got a nice table. Lots of complimentary drinks and food , including prosecco, three different cocktails, gin n tonics , wines, beers and food including a sushi station , cheese and hams station , chicken sliders, mini lobster rolls, canapes and ice-cream. We were actually the last ones to leave.