Two Internet titans worth watching
Those who wrote off Halsey Minor, founder of CNET, may have done so prematurely given today’s news that Michael Birch has just bought back Bebo for just $1 million.
Minor, who...
The Steeple Times asks Sarah Symonds: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
The intense desire to help women globally, by teaching them ‘heartache prevention’ techniques. I motivate...
Gatecrashers turn up at a memorial service for Michael Winner
The 2005 film Wedding Crashers starring Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Christopher Walken made that breed of crasher famous but an image from today’s Mail...
Oliver Estreich’s New York real estate power brokers
In the second in a series, Oliver Estreich profiles New York’s top realtors. He continues with Eva Penson, Leighton Candler and Dana Power.
Eva Penson
Eva Penson is widely...
The Steeple Times asks fashion management consultant Bhavna Ahluwalia: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Spirituality.
“Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great...
Gordon Ramsay’s alleged former mistress Sarah Symonds shares her thoughts on what may have caused trouble and strife in the marriage of Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi
Sarah Symonds, a lady who has variously claimed...
Lawyers Baroness Shackleton and Raymond Toothe lunch at Scott’s
Raymond “The Rottweiler” Toothe and Fiona Shackleton spent two hours together on Friday lunching at Scott’s in Mount Street, Mayfair reported today’s The Sunday People.
An unnamed...
An art dealer whose boiling point has passed
Everyone’s seen the images and everyone has a view but it is not just because of the pictures of Charles Saatchi supposedly trying to choke his wife...
Brooke Astor’s 89-year old son should be jailed
Anthony “Tony” Marshall, 89, is due in court in Manhattan today, Thursday 20th June, to hear whether he’ll be sent to prison. If jailed, he will be...
The Steeple Times asks artist Leonard Johansson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Inspiration, creativity and free will.
“Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion,...
Our ‘Wally of the Week’ Luisa Zissman chucks a cupcake out of her pram
Our first ‘Wally of the Week’, Katie Price (or whatever she’s now called), kept quiet. Our second, a cupcake maker turned...
An attention seeker who needs to be removed from our screens
A contestant on The Apprentice who stated that she has “the energy of a Duracell bunny, the sex appeal of Jessica Rabbit and a...
The Steeple Times asks fashion creative, writer and television host Nik Thakkar: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
I fear there isn't time to accomplish the things...
The Steeple Times asks television producer and host Nick Oram: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
The willingness to change and learning from my mistakes.
“Don't get even,...
Media claim (again) that they have evidence that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a boy
There are only two possibilities as to the sex of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s child and...
Company director Adrian Burford accused of stealing £12.5 million from his own company
Adrian Burford was a man who liked the good life. He lived in a £9.3 million mansion in the Cotswolds, spent £1.1...
Pippa Middleton becomes a contributing editor for ‘Vanity Fair’
Pippa Middleton is most definitely someone who could be described as polarising. Some resent and mock her. Others admire her for having panache and being enterprising....
What has become of the former entertainer Michael Barrymore?
Shamed television personality Michael Barrymore has reinvented himself. In Prince Charles like fashion, the former Strike it Lucky star has begun a new career talking to...
The Steeple Times asks property venture capitalist Faisal Butt: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
My inner voice. It somehow knows where I’m heading and is leading...
The Steeple Times asks interpreter and businesswoman Alexandra Naylor: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Faith, hope and love.
“Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble...
The Steeple Times asks businesswoman Trish Moore: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Faith.
“Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s...
The Steeple Times asks actor and producer Arfi Lamba: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
I listen to my gut.
“Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our...
The Duchess of Cambridge usurps Kate Moss in a beauty poll
It’s just been announced that Kate Middleton has beaten Kate Moss in a poll of the UK’s most influential beauty icons.
In Feelunique.com’s poll 30%...
Matthew Steeples shares his views on those who tweet, comment and like
The world is a poorer place in the wake of Sally Bercow losing the libel action brought against her by Lord McAlpine. Those...
An Iraqi medical student and an aspiring actor from Abu Dhabi battle it out for the title “the most beautiful face ever”
Regular readers will recall our having added Omar Borkan Al Gala to our...
Oliver Estreich’s New York real estate power brokers
In the first of a series, Oliver Estreich profiles New York’s top realtors. He begins with Joan Swift, James C. Cox Jr. and Emily and Elizabeth Beare.
Joan...
The Steeple Times asks strategist and businessman Allard Marx: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Caterine Axelsson’s daily smile.
“Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble...
The Steeple Times asks the duo behind the Heart of House music label, Samuel Whiting and Lucas Alexander: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Dedication to the...
Sarah Tucker goes in search of the ten tribes paying homage to a centenary of flower power at the 100th RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Yesterday I attended the press day for the 100th anniversary of...
An image that should come with a health warning
There’s not much to say about our picture of the week, other than it should come with a health warning. The image, a spoof mockup of...
Could the failure of the makeover of Merida be a positive sign for Rebekah Brooks?
Merida, Disney Pixar’s heroine in Brave, has had a makeover. Notwithstanding the new look, however, she still looks like Rebekah...
Ben Fogle suggests that he could have been poisoned by a Russian spy
Ben Fogle’s rise to the middle realms of “fame” is something I’ve always found puzzling. Don’t get me wrong, he’s an affable...
