New website exposing London’s party crashers
A new website came to our attention this morning. It is named MAX and though we have no knowledge as to why this moniker was chosen, we rather like...
Tamara Ecclestone and her husband Jay Rutland spend a supposed £70,000 on a birthday party for her one year old daughter
People starve in Africa and the level of homelessness in London continues to rise...
The Steeple Times asks artist and curator Kate Enters: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Art, creativity and dignity.
“Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble...
‘The Steeple Times’ asks behaviour expert, consultant, writer and speaker Jon Levy: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
I want people to have lives full of childlike...
Jimmy Page wins planning dispute with neighbour Robbie Williams
In a victory for common sense this week, former Take That singer Robbie Williams has withdrawn his plans to create an ‘iceberg extension’ at the £17.5...
Playwright Alan Bennett chooses ‘hypocrisy’ as Britain’s best achievement
Alan Bennett is never a man to mince his words and when asked by BBC Radio 4’s World at One to choose what Britain excelled at...
The Steeple Times asks cartoonist, actor and ‘Downton Abbey’ star Charlie Anson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Curiosity and striving to live as wide a range...
Pippa Middleton offered £100,000 job at a strip club in Croydon
Pippa Middleton has tried working for Waitrose and has variously done stints writing for such titles as The Spectator, Vanity Fair and The Sunday Telegraph....
BBC documentary about Mayfair reveals it to be an area the wealthy and the waged coexist
Sunday night’s BBC documentary Modern Times: Welcome to Mayfair was a mixed bag. Though it managed to show that this area...
Classic clangers from the last week
Crediting wealth
In The Pearson’s Arms in Whitstable, Kent, a bartender asked a flashily dressed man for the name on his card to add drinks to an open tab. The...
Party loving David Pun pictured feasting at the Embassy of Peru in London
Our Picture of the Week, sent in by a reader who refers their name be withheld, is of the bow tie wearing,...
As The Duke of York takes to Facebook to talk about promises, we suggest one that he should definitely make
Somewhat ironically given his current predicament, The Duke of York took to Facebook yesterday to...
Matthew Steeples suggests Gregory Lauder-Frost, the vice president of the Traditional Britain Group, as the second The Steeple Times ‘Moron of the Moment’
We normally have a Wally of the Week at The Steeple Times,...
Classic clangers from the last week
Two become one
At La Brasserie in South Kensington, a sociable blonde was overheard repeatedly telling anyone that’d listen that she’d sold her business to “that Murdoch-Maxwell chap”. When asked:...
Jewellery brand Chavín hosts drinks reception to celebrate “An Evening of Feline Spirits” at the Embassy of Peru in, London
On 27th January, Simon Ogilvie-Harris of the jewellery brand Chavín hosted a reception at the...
Classic clangers from the last week
Foresting cash
At a reception at the World Economic Forum in Davos, reader William Pickford chatted with a wealthy Swiss industrialist. Pickford asked: “How do you feel about Swiss banks...
The Steeple Times asks wine merchant and founder of Citreola Cellars Gael Dantec: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Wine and women.
“Don't get even, get medieval” is,...
Classic clangers from the last week
Bussing a holiday
On a bus on Kensington High Street, a student was overheard to remark to her boyfriend: “I want a chalet in the South of France”. A well-heeled...
Hope, truth and desperation are contrasted in an image from Massachusetts
Our sometime contributor Kerri Moss Beaumont moved from London to Massachusetts late last year and in the time since she’s shared photographs of some...
Classic clangers from the last week
Wagyu and derrières
Outside Nozomi in Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge on a damp January night two American trustafarians chatted over a cigarette. The first commented: “Did you hear about the Wagyu...
‘Britain’s vainest man’ shows his lack of intelligence (again)
Last week, we made ‘Britain’s vainest man’ Sam Barton our Wally of the Week after he proudly announced he was declaring himself bankrupt after wasting over...
Big Brother brings out the real Katie Hopkins (and it is far from nice)
Motor-mouth Katie Hopkins no doubt has been paid handsomely to enter Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother house and though she claims...
‘Britain’s vainest’ man Sam Barton set to declare himself bankrupt aged just 22
Beauty and brains don’t always go together and in the case of ‘Britain’s vainest man’ Sam Barton, wasting £100,000 in an attempt...
Marinka Smirnova illustrates that stereotypes sometimes can be spot on
We’re generally taught that stereotyping people is wrong but in the case of the former wife of a Russian oligarch, illustration is provided of someone...
theNativeSociety seeks out 30 rising stars aged 30 and under in advertising and marketing
Oliver Estreich is undoubtedly one of the people who makes things happen in New York and with the announcement of...
Nigel Farage’s week has been dominated by Jesus
Christmas is nearly upon us and though sadly most forget the true meaning of this celebration, Nigel Farage has been reminded of just that twice in recent...
Classic clangers from the last week
Firing the lock
A student in Olympia was overheard making a late night call to the fire service. He bellowed: “My girlfriend’s snapped her key in the lock. The oven’s...
Scoundrels and criminals top our selection of the most rotten men of 2014
As 2014 draws to a close, we will profile the best and the worst of the year. We begin with the most rotten men...
Will we soon be hearing: “Arise, Lady Jolie?”
Yesterday, in The Telegraph, Christopher Hope and Paul Clements waxed lyrical in their ‘People’ column about the prospect of Angelina Jolie becoming a member of the House...
The private view of John Stoddart’s latest exhibition brought together both polo players and personalities
On 15th November, architectural antiques and French oak flooring Salvage Europe unveiled their new showroom at The Mews at The...
A set of quotes from Richard Madeley that will both amuse and astound
This week we were emailed an article that contained a set of forty quotes from the broadcaster Richard Madeley. Known for having...
Matthew Steeples explores the story behind finding a wandering Lego man
Yesterday at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London’s South Kensington, I found a miniature Lego soldier complete with a tag that bore the following...
