“Every time a Champagne flute breaks, an angel gets its wings!” —The Duke of Earl Grey . . #champagne #champagneflutes #wine #sparklingwine #prosecco #wino #winelover #glass #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey
“Every time a Champagne flute breaks, an angel gets its wings!” —The Duke of Earl Grey . . #champagne #champagneflutes #wine #sparklingwine #prosecco #wino #winelover #glass #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey
Also in Primrose Hill, the former home of William Butler Yeats! Such a rich literary history in the neighbourhood! . . #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #williambutleryeats #yeats #poet #poetsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #primrosehill #london #londoner #londongram #instalondon
Former home of Sylvia Plath, Chalcot Square in Primrose Hill. ❤️ We love Sylvia!! She inspired my author to take mental health seriously and get the depression help she needed as a young woman! . . #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #sylviaplath #primrosehill #chalcotsquare #london #londoner #instalondon #londongram #poet #writer #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness
Good morning London! How beautiful are the colours in Primrose Hill! 🌈 . . #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #primrosehill #london #londonlife #londoner #instalondon #londongram
“Writers, this is the time of year my author likes to call ‘Quiet Christmas’ in our home!” says the Duke. “The time when bleak January sets in, the London lights are down, but there are still Christmas stories to be written and edited after the frenzy of December! Leave your tree up for a bit longer if you want and continue to relax and enjoy the season! Or just get some journaling in for the New Year!”🎄❤️🎄 . . #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #writing #january #writingtime #postchristmas #januaryblues #reflection #quiettime #journal #journaling #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram
We’re sharing our Christmas highlights on this last day! Thank you to @cartier at @harrods for the fun @instaxhq photo shoots they were offering customers who were Christmas shopping! Such cute Cartier boys! 😍 I even found a Christmas ornament frame to hang mine on the tree! 🎄💎 . . #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #cartier #harrods #instax #instantphoto #fujiinstax
Oh @annabelsmayfair you were the MOST stunning in London at Christmas!!! Thank you for your display!!! . . #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #londonsfinest #luxury #annabelsmayfair #mayfair #london #londoner #instalondon #londongram
I want to give a heartfelt thanks to the fabulous Swiss waiter at The American Bar at @thesavoylondon with the crazy hair who gave us impeccable service and friendship last night! I was busy writing, and he gave me his pen as a gift! What he didn’t know is that I had left my good writing pen at home by mistake and I really needed this! This is why the Duke of Earl Grey is making the Savoy his official home in London from now on! There is no other London luxury place as hip or down to earth or welcoming or steeped in history as the Savoy! I’ll be there regularly! And this is my new lucky pen!❤️🥂❤️🥂❤️ . . #alexanderstacey #dukeofearlgrey #thesavoy #london #londoner #londongram #instalondon #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writingmaterials #pen
I want to give a heartfelt thanks to the fabulous Swiss waiter at The American Bar at @thesavoylondon with the crazy hair who gave us impeccable service and friendship last night! I was busy writing, and he gave me his pen as a gift! What he didn’t know is that I had left my good writing pen at home by mistake and I really needed this! This is why the Duke of Earl Grey is making the Savoy his official home in London from now on! There is no other London luxury place as hip or down to earth or welcoming or steeped in history as the Savoy! I’ll be there regularly! And this is my new lucky pen!❤️🥂❤️🥂❤️ . . #alexanderstacey #dukeofearlgrey #thesavoy #london #londoner #londongram #instalondon #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writingmaterials #pen
Hanging out with your characters is FAR better than going out in London with real people! . . #alexanderstacey #dukeofearlgrey #savoyhotel #london #londoner #instalondon #londongram #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram
“If there are no cocktails or wine list I’m afraid we can’t stay very long,” says the Duke. @thesavoylondon . . #alexanderstacey #theamericanbar #dukeofearlgrey #savoyhotel #london #londoner #instalondon #londongram #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #wine
Just out writing. And drinking with the Duke. The theme of 2020. We’re moving into the Savoy. 📚🥂😆 @thesavoylondon . . #alexanderstacey #dukeofearlgrey #savoyhotel #london #londoner #instalondon #londongram #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram
“We spent today at the London Eye for work! Our first time ever on it! It was chock full of pretty airheaded chicks taking selfies! 😂 One woman thought the Houses of Parliament was a castle!!!🤣💀 I duly corrected her. Swipe for 360 degree video views by moi!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #london #eyelovelondon #londoner #sightseeing #lovelondon #londoneye
“In Kensington? Looking for fabulous Persian food? That happens to us all the time! 😆 That’s how we discovered Yas, and now it’s one of our haunts!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #london #yas #persianfood #persianrestaurant #londonrestaurants #kensington #olympia #londoner #instalondon #middleeasternfood
“Ha! Charming! But we ain’t ‘bout that life! As my author would say!” 😆🍾 #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #winos #drunks #wine #nonalcoholicwine #fizzero #marksandspencer #rosé #sparklingwine #notaboutthatlife
“My author off the clock, on the train and on the novel and the bubbly this evening!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #writing #editing #prosecco #wine #londonunderground #london #londoner #londongram #instalondon #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram
“Lovers’ locks on the lampposts along Westminster bridge over the Thames! So very Parisian of you, London! I shall leave a lock for me and my author, the love of my life, this Valentine’s Day!” 💞💕💘💖💗💝❣️ #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #westminsterbridge #london #londongram #instalondon #loverslock #romanticlondon #londonforlovers #valentinesday
“Penguins!” 🐧❄️ #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #londonaquarium #sealifeaquarium #london #londongram #instalondon #londonforkids #southbank #aquarium #penguin #activitiesforkids
“We’ve had a morning of psychedelic jellyfish at the London Sea Life Aquarium! Fun place!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #londonaquarium #sealifeaquarium #london #londongram #instalondon #londonforkids #southbank #aquarium #jellyfish #activitiesforkids
“The new cosmic stars and moons astro trend in stationery is my author’s favourite! She loves everything to do with the night sky, so I gifted her these new writing materials. No excuse to be lazy or uninspired now! Especially with the writing pad that flips over and doubles as a sketch pad!” 🌙🌟🌙 #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #stationery #writingmaterials #writing #drawing #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #moonandstars #galactic #cosmic #constellation
“We would like to commend @transportforlondon for making the Underground and Overground two of the few places my author will actually sit down long enough to do her work! Ha! Here’s to a productive 2019 with lots of pleasant journeys!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #transportforlondon #tfl #londonoverground #authorsofinstagram #writing #editing #london #londoner #instalondon #lovelondon
“How’s everyone coping with the post-Christmas blues??? I’m feeling in excellent form after such hearty holiday celebrations! We spent our 12th Day of Christmas at a sleepover with some young friends! I was the centre of attention of course!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #myrtletakestea #childrensbooks #bookstagram #readersofinstagram
“We’re just now catching up on the New Year’s Day concert from Vienna! One of our favourite traditions of the New Year and the 12 Days! We’ve listened to it on the radio or watched it on the telly for over a decade! One day soon I should like to see it in person!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #newyearsday #newyearsdayconcert #viennanewyearsconcert #wienerphilharmoniker #wien #vienna #johannstrauss #classicalmusic #waltz #polka #12daysofchristmas
“Redbridge Town Hall is a gorgeous building with a rich history! We should have our own neighbourhood New Year’s Eve celebration here! With a dropping ball! Call the Ilford MPs!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #londonchristmaslights #ilford #redbridge #london #instalondon #lovelondon #londoner #eastlondon
“Happy 11th Day of Christmas! We shall miss the Ilford Christmas tree after this weekend!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #londonchristmaslights #ilford #redbridge #london #instalondon #lovelondon #londoner #eastlondon
“Caviar! Foie gras!! Oh my!!! We popped into @harrods yesterday evening to procure a few necessities and left as quickly as possible because the crowds were horrendous!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #harrods #caviar #prunier #belugacaviar #foiegras #barenecessities #london #londoner #luxury #luxurylifestyle
“Here’s a fantastic read for all you lovers of traditional Christmas on this 10th day! All the lore and all the myths and traditions and celebrations and more!” 🎄 #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #traditionalchristmas #tradition #theoldmagicofchristmas #lindaraedisch #christmas #bookstagram #readersofinstagram
“A happy 10th Day of Christmas to you!!! We celebrate the Day of Games today, fun activities and exercise and laughter and getting your blood flowing in January! Look at these charming @officialbeatrixpotter Christmas notecards we bought in the Christmas sales! Can’t wait to write and send them next year!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #beatrixpotter #peterrabbit #stationery #greetingcards #writing #writersofinstagram #illustration #illustrator
“My author’s stoned morning thoughts on the 9th Day of Christmas! Put up new lights and candles and fresh greenery until February to fight the bleakness of January!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #fireandlightday #traditionalchristmas #januarydepression #winter #evergreen
“Also a year of repeat 2017 lights for Oxford Street and Regent Street! With a few new bits mixed in!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #londonchristmaslights #london #londoner #londongram #oxfordstreet #regentstreet
“Covent Garden, your tree was so beautiful we can almost forgive you for reusing last years Christmas lights! 😆Apparently 2018 was the year of the re-do! But the giant mistletoe lights and glitter balls are still lovely! Swipe for videos!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #londonchristmaslights #london #londoner #londongram #coventgarden
“The tree at Covent Garden!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #londonchristmaslights #london #londoner #londongram #coventgarden
“Soho ho ho! Merry Christmas!!!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #londonchristmaslights #london #londoner #londongram #soholondon #carnabystreet
“Seven Dials is spectacular this year as usual! Our favourite display for 2018 along with Carnaby Street! Swipe for videos!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #londonchristmaslights #london #londoner #londongram #sevendials #coventgarden
“This year’s best London Christmas lights award goes to Carnaby Street! Again!!! This Bohemian Rhapsody theme is so cool and different and colourful!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #londonchristmaslights #london #londoner #londongram #authorsofinstagram #carnabystreet #bohemianrhapsody
“A Happy 9th Day of Christmas to you all! We’ve been out touring the London Christmas lights all evening in celebration Fire and Light Day! Bring new lights and candles and fire into your home to fight the bleakness of January! And get out and see the city lights before January 6th! Photo tour on the way!” 🎄 #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #londonchristmaslights #london #londoner #londongram #authorsofinstagram #selfie
“I try to keep my author from posting here, but it’s difficult. She has multi-layered issues.” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #happynewyear #authorsofinstagram #12daysofchristmas
“It may be the 7th or 8th Day of Christmas depending on your tradition! We count Christmas Day as the First Day of Christmas, which makes New Year’s Day the 8th Day. Here’s my author trying to make sense of it in her own head! We’ve had at least 12 Christmases of Confusion trying to get the 12 Days of Christmas right!” 😆🎄 #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #12yearsaslave #authorsofinstagram #christmas #traditionalchristmas #writing #editing
A Happy New Year and an even happier 8th Day of Christmas to you all! Here’s a gentlemanly jingle battle between Frank and Bing to remind you to keep celebrating! And Bah Humbug to all those taking their decorations down before January 6th! We’re still sending Christmas cards! And we’ll be out tomorrow taking pictures of the London Christmas lights for everyone to see!”🎄🎄🎄 #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #happynewyear #newyearsday #christmas #12daysofchristmas #traditionalchristmas #london #londongram #gentleman #dapper #dandy #mensstyle #suit #tailoring #sartorial #franksinatra #bingcrosby
“Here’s another musical holiday greeting from my author!” 😒 “I wish she would freestyle on paper and get our Christmas novel edited!” 🎄🎉😆 #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #happyhogmanay #happynewyearseve #12daysofchristmas #holidayfreestyle #freestyle #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram
“Well lo and behold! Washington Irving was the father of modern Christmas, not Charles Dickens! Who knew!!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #historyofchristmas #washingtonirving #americanliterature #12daysofchristmas #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram
“Here’s some fascinating history of #12daysofchristmas and of Christmas in England for you on this 7th Day! Happy Hogmanay! Happy New Years Eve!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #christmas #christmashistory #englishhistory #puritans #olivercromwell
“Hallelujah! She is writing!” 🤣🎄🙏🏿 (“As she can’t be arsed to take off her onesie or leave the house to go see London Christmas lights!” 😆) #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #authorsofinstagram #christmasbooks #editing #writersofinstagram #amwriting #childrensbooks #12daysofchristmas
“Happy 6th Day of Christmas! Here’s a beautiful little Christmas journal I bought for my author to help her keep track of her traditions and Christmas writings and notes! So incredibly charming! From @theworksstores!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #authorsofinstagram #christmasbooks #mylovelychristmasbook #12daysofchristmas #journal #planner #organizing
“Let’s #flashbackfriday to Armistice Day 100 in London! I went with my author and our mum to the breathtaking display of memorial flames at the Tower of London! It was truly a sight to behold in the name of our WW1 soldiers. One of the best London moments of 2018!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #armistice100 #armisticeday #toweroflondon #london #londongram #lovelondon #instalondon #fbf
“Wishing you all a very merry 4th day of Christmas from our beloved inspiration, Beatrix Potter!” 🎄🎄🎄 📸: @officialbeatrixpotter #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #beatrixpotter #childrensbooks #illustrator #12daysofchristmas
“And another Christmas picture book about Redbridge! So lovely indeed to have in our collection of children’s books!” ❤️🎄 #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #childrensbooks #christmasbooks #redbridge #bookstagram #readersofinstagram #london #londongram
“Amsterdam Christmas catch up!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #amsterdam #christmasinamsterdam #authorsofinstagram
#Tbt to the best Amsterdam 2018 photos of my author and our mum! We had such a fun time! The Greenhouse is our Amsterdam headquarters. It’s been our fave coffeeshop for 20 years!! And the city is one of our most productive novel writing spots! #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #amsterdam #authorsofinstagram #greenhousecoffeeshop #authorsofinstagram
“Happy 3rd Day of Christmas, friends and fans! Let’s do a bit of #tbt, shall we?? Throwing back to November in Amsterdam with my author and our mum! We took photos at the @debijenkorf department store Christmas display! I was the one taking the pics!”🎄 #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #12daysofchristmas #amsterdam #debijenkorf #christmasphotoshoot #authorsofinstagram
“Merry Christmas cocktails! I think this one is Prosecco with a dash of cherry brandy and fresh clementine!” 🎄🍾🥂 #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #cocktails #prosecco #champagne #christmascocktails #christmasdrinks
“Some of my tiny human friends who got two of our few remaining Myrtle Takes Tea first editions for Christmas! Second edition coming soon!” 📸: @_house_of_dragons_ #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #myrtletakestea #author #childrensbooks #novel #bookstagram #readersofinstagram
“We had a fun literary agent/author dinner with @allisondhpics at the Savoy two weeks ago! There was Champagne and caviar and loud laughs and gossip and we loved it! 🤣 My author hasn’t written a damn thing in 2018!!! Yeah, I said it! I called her out! Ha! But literary business is good and the future is bright, and that is all that matters! Back to the writing in January!” #alexanderstacey #dukeofearlgrey #authorsofinstagram #savoyhotel #kasparsatthesavoy #london #londongram #lovelondon
“Happy Boxing Day family, friends and fans!” says the Duke of Earl Grey. “It’s the 2nd day of Christmas, and you know we are here every year to celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas with you until January 6th! We hope you’re all having a blessed holiday season! I’ll catch you up on everything we’ve been doing!” 🎄 #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #christmas #merrychristmas #altar #champagne #candles #boxingday #12daysofchristmas
“Beautiful weather today, London! We spent it with the concrete dinosaurs of Crystal Palace! #alexanderstacey #dukeofearlgrey #london #crystalpalace #crystalpalacepark #kidsactivities #childrensactivitiesinlondon #park #nature #londonforkids
“Good morning! #Flashbackfriday to last Sunday when the morning church bells were so beautiful in Paris!” #alexanderstacey #dukeofearlgrey #paris #hoteldeville #window #churchbells #authorsofinstagram #goodmorning #fbf
“How gorgeous are the WW1 centenary poppy pins! Get yours today on the Royal British Legion website! We’ll be catching you up on our Red Rose Remembrance war memorial project this week as we prepare for Armistice Day! Follow our project in the meantime on Twitter @redroseremember and search the #redroseremembrance hashtag!” 🌹 #alexanderstacey #dukeofearlgrey #ww1 #wwi #ww1centenary #centenary #1918 #britishlegion #lestweforget #honourthefallen #poppy
“Notre visite à Caron! La plus belle parfumerie du monde! My author’s favourite perfume and her happy place!” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #caron #parfumscaron #perfume #fragrance #fragranceaddict #paris #ruefaubourgsainthonore
“Portrait of My Witch Author as a Young Woman Drinking and Smoking Weed and Writing in Paris Late at Night.” #dukeofearlgrey #alexanderstacey #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #aportraitoftheartistasayoungman #jamesjoyce #nocturnal #writing #witchesofinstagram #dreads #dreadlocks #rasta #wakandaforever
“Another beautiful French children’s book! Ernest et Célestine, the big pop-up book by Gabrielle Vincent. Swipe to see the pop-up in action!” #alexanderstacey #dukeofearlgrey #childrensbooks #ernestetcelestine #book #bookstagram #illustration #readersofinstagram
“Qui exactement est Georges Pompidou?? Bonne question! Prime Minister of France inaugurated in 1967.” #alexanderstacey #dukeofearlgrey #georgespompidou #histoiredefrance