Simon Berry

Jan 9, 2025 | theoldie.co.uk | Simon Berry

Monday 23rd December marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of Britain’s great comic writers, Harry Graham (1874-1936). A household name for the first third of the 20th century, he’s a poet I suspect only Oldie-readers will have heard of today and, even then, too few of us. The collection of verse that rocketed him to fame was Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes. It was published in 1899 when Graham was not quite 25, and still a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards.

Jun 18, 2024 | theoldie.co.uk | Simon Berry

April 1979 was wet. The week leading up to Easter was especially dismal. I had been in Berry Brothers, the wine shop, for just over a year, building up a group of regular customers: people living in London with a love of wine, who would drop on a weekly basis. Valerie Eliot, T S Eliot’s widow, was one of my favourites. Every Tuesday, she would appear to collect her regular bottle of Berrys’ London Dry Gin. The first time I looked after her, I asked for her name.

Feb 23, 2024 | patient.info | Simon Berry |Krishna Vakharia

Astigmatism is a common condition which is usually easily corrected with glasses, contacts lenses or, sometimes, surgery. Here we look at what it means if you have the condition, and what you can do about it. What is astigmatism? Astigmatism isn't as straightforward as being short-sighted or long-sighted, and as an eye specialist I regularly get patients worriedly asking me: “Have I got a stigma?” No - you do not have a stigma - but here I'll explain what astigmatism is?

Jun 12, 2023 | pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | Simon Berry

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May 10, 2023 | blog.bbr.com | Simon Berry

As we celebrate our 325th anniversary this year, we’ve been looking at what has changed in those three centuries. Examining various parts of our business, we explore how things are different now and what we might see in the future.   Originally published in 2017, this blog post from former Chairman Simon Berry looked back on the history of our London Shop. He contemplated the changes from the days of the Old Shop at No.3 St James’s Street as we welcomed customers to our new shop at 63 Pall Mall.