Combining a mix of society's last word and both wit and wisdom, The Steeple Times covers food, drink and fine dining as well as luxury, travel, the arts, individuals of influence and current affairs in the United Kingdom, America and elsewhere. We are best described as being akin to "a cross between The Huffington Post and Private Eye".
The magazine's following is affluent, engaged and international. With 41% of readers coming from the UK and 38% from America, The Steeple Times also has strong presence within Canadian, Italian, German and Australian territories.
October 28, 2018
by Matthew Steeples
‘Lady’ Brady deserves to be stripped of her title suggests Matthew Steeples Surprisingly for a woman with a mouth the size of China, ‘Lady’ Brady has gone remarkably quiet in the wake of the scandal engulfing her boss Sir Philip Green. Having issued an unwarranted attack on my good friend James Stunt in … Continue reading “No Lady”
July 31, 2017
by Matthew Steeples
Matthew Steeples suggests respected actor George Clooney and publicity desperado Karen Danczuk provide contrasting examples about the ethics of paparazzi intrusion and media manipulation Paparazzi intrusion and media manipulation are interlinked hot potatoes that look unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. Two very different examples emerged in recent days of very different behavior by … Continue reading “Public vs. Private”
April 21, 2017
by Matthew Steeples
Loudmouth champagne swiller Dawn Ward once again fails to get permission to turn her vulgar home into a wedding venue Marketing material for Dawn Ward’s tastelessly decorated home, Warford Hall, near Alderley Edge in Cheshire, boldly describes it as “the finest entertaining house ever conceived”. She’s failed to generate any interest in it since … Continue reading “(Not) Wedded by Ward”
April 4, 2017
by Matthew Steeples
Butler-turned-blabbermouth Paul Burrell sinks to a new low; he should retreat to Siberia and live out his days privately Cat-like Paul Burrell again and again reinvents himself. Somehow, in spite of already having undeservedly exhausted more than nine lives, this ghastly individual is back in the press and this time he’s milking the story … Continue reading “Blabbermouth Burrell”
September 29, 2016
by Matthew Steeples
The most vulgar numberplate in Britain arrives in SW3 Yesterday, in Walton Street, a Rolls-Royce parked opposite Scalini restaurant. There was nothing unusual about that but it’s point of difference was its numberplate. The owner of the car had chosen ‘SH10W OF’ and in doing so simply illustrated his or herself for what … Continue reading “The No. 1 Showoff”
August 25, 2015
by Matthew Steeples
Michelle Young’s ‘Evening Standard’ interview proves that she is nothing but egocentric and fame obsessed
January 10, 2015
by General
He arrogantly terms himself “the entrepreneur who declared war on depression”, but in reality sex party organiser Chris Reynolds Gordon is nothing but a tacky self-promoting media whore.
January 2, 2015
by General
Professional footballer Andy Carroll earns £85,000 a week and has 283,000 followers on Twitter.
October 18, 2014
by Matthew Steeples
Britain’s tackiest car, a crystal covered Mercedes, sells for just under £155,000 A previous Wally of the Week, Daria Radionova, might not be such a fool after all given that she has just sold her Swarovski crystal covered Mercedes CLS 350 for the astonishing figure of £154,600.
April 9, 2014
by Matthew Steeples
Lamborghini LM 002 4×4 heads to auction The Lamborghini loving Arabs who frequent Sloane Street could save themselves from having to purchase a Range Rover for their entourage by bidding on a baby blue Lamborghini LM 002 at Bonhams’ 28th April sale at London’s RAF Museum at Hendon.
March 16, 2014
by Matthew Steeples
Cougar Monica Porter is a woman who needs to act her age We’ve nothing against older women dating younger men and Joanna Lumley recently portrayed a fine example in her kiss with Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street. In recent weeks, however, the Mail Online have featured a tawdry cougar named Monica … Continue reading “Wally of the Week: Monica Porter”
February 21, 2014
by Matthew Steeples
50,000 square foot Utah mansion that would suit an exiled dictator or lottery lout Money and taste don’t necessarily go together and no more is this rule proven than in a $30 million (£18 million) Utah mansion
December 22, 2013
by Matthew Steeples
Katie Price tries to sell her pink Range Rover Katie Price is a woman known for not being particularly refined. With the sale of her pink Range Rover, a buyer of equally poor taste could acquire this hideous vehicle for £69,950.
June 20, 2013
by Matthew Steeples
Website of the Week: Rich Kids of Instagram The Rich Kids of Instagram website is an Internet phenomenon that has come to illustrate the gulf between the haves and the have nots.
June 8, 2013
by Matthew Steeples
Katie Price is hardly a person in a position to give advice to Madonna on cosmetic surgery Katie Price has racked up six names and three marriages since being born in 1978. Described as “football-boobed” by The Mirror, the glamour model used her weekly column in The Sun today to attack Madonna.
April 27, 2013
by Matthew Steeples
Her billionaire husband, David, calls this former Miss Florida a “psycho, but a lovable psycho” and adds that she is a “big-busted shopaholic”. Her main desire in life is to be famous and a documentary film about her was made in 2012 by Lauren Greenfield. When her current neighbour, Tiger Woods, crashed his car, she … Continue reading “Jackie Siegel”
December 6, 2012
by Matthew Steeples
Matthew Steeples examines the charges against Stuart Hall In my youth I met a man named Stuart Hall MBE. Today, this self-appointed northern joker was charged with three counts of indecent assault on girls aged between 9 and 16. Hall is a man described by The Independent as a “Northern hero with a … Continue reading “This Hall should not be decked with holly”
November 28, 2012
by Matthew Steeples
Amy Childs: A brash young lady with questionable taste Our last picture of the week featuring a Range Rover Sport was of one that had been driven by a couple described in the comments section of a Mail Online article as a “pair of pillocks in a puddle.” We subsequently received a Tweet from … Continue reading “Picture of the Week: White fleece”
November 19, 2012
by Matthew Steeples
Another rumoured sale of “Beckingham Palace” is reported November 2012: In March this year, the blog that preceded The Steeple Times looked into reports that David and Victoria Beckham would be selling their Hertfordshire home, Rowneybury House (better known as “Beckingham Palace”). For all the talk of that sale, as far as we are … Continue reading “Move It Like Beckham”
November 11, 2012
by Matthew Steeples
Could the number 13 be the reason Halcyon Hall has failed to sell? Several over the top Californian residences we’ve featured on The Steeple Times, namely the $40,000,000 Chateau d’Or in Bel Air and the $87,000,000 Villa del Lago on the Newport coast, were properties that have seen huge price reductions. Though $15,000,000 has … Continue reading “Which bear will take the 13th seat?”
November 8, 2012
by Matthew Steeples
Matthew Steeples suggests that Nadine Dorries is perhaps right to head for the jungle Don’t get me wrong: I think Nadine Dorries is an utter loon. For those who haven’t heard of her, she’s the MP for Mid-Bedfordshire and a bit of a mouthpiece. Her entry on our roll call attracted over 8,000 hits … Continue reading “Nad’s not that Mad”
November 2, 2012
by Matthew Steeples
A £15 million mansion fit for a self-made tycoon or an upwardly mobile WAG While the youth of the Kings Road and Loughton have featured in the reality shows Made in Chelsea and The Only Way is Essex, their counterparts in Cheshire have yet to undergo the same social experiment. Having come across a … Continue reading “Windows on the WAGs”
October 13, 2012
by Matthew Steeples
A pair of pillocks piddling about in a puddle All of us who drive have made stupid mistakes but most of us, at worst, have knocked over a gatepost or pranged a door in a supermarket car park. A couple named Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow, however, take the biscuit. This idiotic pair of … Continue reading “Picture of the Week: Sinking and stupid”
by Matthew Steeples
Matthew Steeples discovers a penthouse that even the most ambitious estate agent may struggle to flog Estate agents are a tough breed and there are very few properties that they might admit could verge on being impossible to sell. We believe, however, that we might have found one that could be in the same … Continue reading “Now who’d want to live in a house like this?”
by Matthew Steeples
Matthew Steeples reacts to the BBC quietly dropping the “Sir” This morning when I turned on Radio 4’s Today programme, as has become customary in the last weeks, the first item on the news was about a man who will forever be associated with abuse and paedophilia, Jimmy Savile. In recent days, as … Continue reading “Bravo the Beeb”
September 26, 2012
by steepleadmin
Georgea Blakey shares her experiences of Miss World 2012 “Welcome to the holly [sic] land of Genghis Khan. The city of green and pleasant cool.” These are the words written on the side of the car collecting me from Ordos airport. The light summer breeze blowing through this wealthy oil and mineral rich … Continue reading “I’m Miss World, don’t hate me!”
