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Kirstie Allsopp’s cousin Jamie revived the family brewery, which had been closed for 62 years.
Now, I understand that the former hedge fund boss is going to open a pub with the same name as the one used by the Allsopps in the 19th century.
And, curiously, it is on the site of a bar linked to a Donald Trump scandal.
West London’s Blue Stoops will be housed in the building that previously housed the Kensington Wine Rooms.
“I have always had an ambition to bring back my family’s lost ales and I am delighted to be opening our first pub in 90 years,” says Jamie Allsopp.
Former hedge fund boss Jamie Allsopp and his wife Jacquetta Wheeler are opening a pub with the same name as the one the Allsopps used in the 19th century – The Blue Stoops
The light-hearted ad, ‘Wine Rooms Heritage’, references the 2016 meeting between then-Trump adviser George Papadopoulos and former Australian High Commissioner Alexander Downer that sparked a scandal.
The meeting led to allegations of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, and the subsequent Mueller Report.
It does not say whether the blue plaque on the door will be kept.
The cheerful sign at ‘Wine Rooms Heritage’ reads: ‘Donald Trump got into trouble here when a chat about wine turned into Russian hacking.’
It refers to the 2016 meeting between then-Trump adviser George Papadopoulos and former Australian High Commissioner Alexander Downer.
At the meeting, Papadopoulos is said to have boasted that Russia had political dirt on Hillary Clinton, who lost the US presidential election to Trump months later.
Downer relayed what he had been told to Australian officials in Canberra, who later briefed Washington on the revelations after Wikileaks published confidential Clinton emails.
Jamie Allsopp is the cousin of Location, Location, Location host Katie Allsopp
This led to allegations of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, and the subsequent Mueller Report.
Eton-educated Allsopp, who has two children with his ex-wife, model Jacquetta Wheeler, gave up his career in finance in 2021 to become a brewer.
He bought back the Allsopp trademarks from Carlsberg and BrewDog and opened the taps of Samuel Allsopp and Sons, founded in 1730.
‘(Location, Location, Location host) Kirstie will be given a special discount code, so she can buy beer at cost price,’ she told me at the time.
Standing ovation for John’s 90th birthday
Stage and screen star John Standing, who appeared in hit dramas The Crown and Game Of Thrones, turns 90 on Friday.
His secret to staying fit is tap dancing. “I have a tap board in my room and I do a bit of tap dancing every morning to keep fit,” the former Eton baronet tells me.
‘It also keeps my ankles loose.’
Noel’s guitar will be auctioned
Noel Gallagher sells the 1980 Gibson Flying V guitar he played on Oasis’ 1994 classic Cigarettes and Alcohol at Sotheby’s for £30,000.
The axe was lent to him by The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr when the aspiring musician was left without a six-string guitar.
Will Gallagher remember to give him a share of the profits? Marr also gave him a 1960 Gibson Les Paul, which once belonged to Pete Townshend.
But Gallagher shattered everything when he confronted a stage invader during a gig in Newcastle.
The Who musician would certainly have approved of the guitar smashing.
The guitar was used to record the 1994 album Definitely Maybe, which was their biggest-selling debut in the UK, featuring the hit songs Cigarettes and Alcohol and Live Forever.
Cara’s girlfriend posts photos of the sea as a tribute to her birthday
They’ve navigated some rough waters, but Cara Delevingne and Leah Mason are determined to prove their relationship is still going strong.
To celebrate supermodel Cara’s 32nd birthday, her girlfriend Leah, a singer who performs under the name Minke, shared a fun series of photos online of the couple on an inflatable bed in the sea.
London-born Leah, also 32, wrote alongside the holiday snaps: ‘Happy birthday baby.
“I hope we can learn to use a mat next time.”
They have been together since 2022 but met at the £46,185-a-year Bedales boarding school in Hampshire.
Cara has credited Leah for helping her stay on the path to sobriety.
Cara Delevingne shared a passionate kiss with her girlfriend Minke at Stevie Nicks’ BST Hyde Park concert last month.
Cara Delevingne and Leah Mason are determined to prove that their relationship is still going strong.
To celebrate supermodel Cara’s 32nd birthday, her girlfriend Leah, a singer who performs under the name Minke, shared a fun series of photos of the couple on an inflatable bed in the sea.
They have been together since 2022, but met at the £46,185-a-year Bedales boarding school in Hampshire (pictured: the couple on holiday).
Model Cara, who turned 32, has credited Leah for helping her stay on the road to sobriety (pictured: the couple on holiday)
Expectant mom Jagger is looking at a picture of Jerry
Some women try to avoid looking like their mothers, but model Georgia May Jagger is only too happy to be compared to Jerry Hall.
Georgia, 32, and Jerry, 68, wore matching dresses in this photograph shared online.
“Polka dot moms,” Jerry said. Georgia is expecting her first child with Cambryan Sedlick, 24, a skateboarder from Jerry’s home state of Texas.
The elder model, who has three other children with Georgia’s father, Rolling Stones star Sir Mick Jagger, is “excited” to meet her “third grandchild”.
Crazy with each other: Some women try to avoid looking like their mothers, but model Georgia May Jagger is more than happy to be compared to Jerry Hall
For Lily’s ears only
Lily Allen’s husband, Stranger Things star David Harbour, struggles with the singer’s habit of having intimate phone conversations with him on speakerphone.
Lily Allen’s husband, Stranger Things star David Harbour, struggles with the singer’s habit of having intimate phone conversations with him on speakerphone (pictured at Comic-Con International in July in San Diego)
“I’ve learned that the first thing I ask is, ‘Are you alone?'” says Harbour, 49.
“Then she pans around the room and there are the girls, her mom, a guy from the cafeteria, there are always like eight people, and I say, ‘Let’s talk on the phone.'”