And we are back: more irrelevant than ever ; cigar advocacy with elegance ; #fightingthevirusonecoronaatatime ... If nothing else we have been orking hard perfecting our slogan writing as we convalesced from a brush with the dreaded #COVID-19
Given that many of Her Majesty's subjects have suffered from this unfortunate illness, there is a strong chance that the viewer has also been incapacitated by this ailment: therefore, in line with our mandate as public information broadcaster , we suggest a cigar with which to ease oneself back into the rhythm of daily life post COVID-19 : our #roadmap if you like, of cigars with which to smoke your way out of #lockdown . Among other essential topics tackled is the development of the #cathoderaytube and the exciting launch of a new #scentedcandle designed explicitly by #cigar smokers for cigar smokers.
We hope you like our pinstriped suits, mine was made by #TerryHaste in 1994, I am wearing a tie from @charvet_official from around the turn of the century, and an old #Rubinacci pocket handkerchief. Max wears one of my old suits from #Hawkes from the 1950s before it merged with #Gieves
As always, the most accomplished aspect of the broadcast is the excellent filming, editing and art direction by the talented Freddie Foulkes
During this inaugural broadcast of season three we allude to our current negotiations with the @lvmh group of companies, which has, quite understandably and sensibly I am sure you will agree, taken an extremely close interest in the public spirited work that we are doing at Foulkes and Sons, although far too early to talk of merger between two great family businesses I can reveal that we are near to closing a major sponsorship deal with the Roman Jewellers Messrs @bulgari who have expressed an interest in sponsoring an entire season of broadcasts, as they say on the via #Condotti 'Benvenuti tutti-frutti non vediamo l'ora di lavorare insieme ' who knows, maybe we will even be asked to design a range of cigar accessories
we are busy rehearsing a performance of #nelbludipintodibllu (which I am informed by @mo_coppoletta is the Italian national anthem)
