Undated handout photo issued by The Star Inn At Vogue of landlords Mark and Rachel Graham who received a framed apology letter from the publishers of Vogue magazine after they requested them to change the name of their establishment.
(Picture: PA)The owner of a Cornish pub threatened with legal action by Vogue Magazine’s publishers says “we are all friends now” after they sent him a framed apology.
Mark Graham, who runs the Star Inn at Vogue, was initially asked to change its name by publishers Conde Nast but it has now backtracked.
It sent the pub the apology and a handwritten note saying: “From one Vogue to another - please accept our apologies."
Mr Graham said the story of the pub, in the villlage of Vogue near Redruth, had gone around the world.
He told the BBC: “I was speaking to the Washington Post last night, and Australian TV for their ‘Have I Got News for You’ type show over there this morning."
He said: “To be honest I don’t think they [Vogue Magazine] have done too badly out of this mistake either. We are all friends now.
"But we still have some ideas to poke a bit of fun at them."
Mr Graham said he was tempted to “start working” with the world famous magazine and said he hoped they might do a photo shoot in the pub.
He said people had been in touch from around the world including Germany, Holland, Australia and America and offered support.
"I received a letter this morning from a man in his 90s in a care home in London, an ex-Penzance man who said it has brought a little tear in his eye because it reminded him of Cornwall and how rebellious the Cornish are, and how you can’t push them around."
Some locals have discussed setting up a parish magazine called Vogue Magazine and are planning a performance of Madonna’s hit Vogue at the beer festival this year.
