The Steeple Times selects the highlights of Masterpiece 2019
Eighty-one of the finest items of James Bond memorabilia
£2.5 million ($3.2 million, €2.8 million or درهم11.6 million)
Fulham Road based Peter Harrington offer the ultimate collection for...
Five highly unusual items for sale currently including one that might be suitable as a gift for wannabe PM and one-time cocaine experimenter Michael Gove
William IV Sterling Silver Novelty Cocaine Powder Tower and Scoop
Price:...
Private island on the Thames that was owned by the first owner of The Savoy Hotel and inspired Gilbert and Sullivan for sale for £800,000 less than it was sold for in 2013
A 145...
Outdoor parking space in South Kensington for sale for the same price as a Welsh farmstead
One could argue the property market has gone completely nuts when an uncovered, leasehold parking space in Roland Way,...
1985 Cadillac Seville to be auctioned; its lower estimate is just under £10,000; the perfect car for any hip-hop or ‘Dallas’ devotee
A second generation Cadillac Seville – known to hip-hop fans as a “slantback”...
Victorian farmhouse transformed into an Anglo-Baroque-style masterpiece by Robert Adam complete with a lion from Chuchill’s garden on the roof for sale
Eccentric homes are only going to ever appeal to eccentric people and that...
Grade I listed 12th century deanery that has housed 62 deans for sale for the first time ever; it could become a most remarkable home
An 18,000 square foot, Grade I listed building that has...
Grade II* listed Kentish manor house for sale along with 258 acres of land; its asking price has been reduced by over £1 million
Twyssenden Manor, near Goudhurst in Kent spent much of the 20th...
Is what could be Britain’s most expensive house for sale? If it is, the price could top £200 million and the buyer will come to own Central London’s largest truly private garden also
Rector’s houses...
A home in Chelsea for £170 per square foot? Such can be found in the form of the MS Mouette, a converted ferry moored at Cadogan Pier
Previously offered for sale in 2012 for £1...
Charming waterfront cottage in Suffolk riverside hamlet associated with sailing, smuggling, Arthur Ransome and ‘Lovejoy’ for sale
The sheltered anchorage of Pin Mill, on the southern banks of the tidal River Orwell, is somewhere that...
1965 Mercedes-Benz ‘Grosser’ owned by ‘Peak Practice’ and ‘Emmerdale’ actor Gary Mavers to be auctioned
Liverpool born actor Gary Mavers – best known for playing GP Andrew Attwood in Peak Practice between 1995 and 2000 and...
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Piccadilly roadster once owned by golfing legend ‘Gene the Machine’ to be sold at auction in May
US Open winning golfer Gene Littler (July 1930 – February 2019) was best known...
18th century house in a “fairytale” setting beside the famous River Itchen chalkstream is not quite what one would expect
The main façade of Lower Chilland House in Martyr Worthy, four miles east of Winchester...
The generosity of Wilbur Smith in leaving books for passerby is something to be celebrated; others should follow his lead
Yesterday, in Knightsbridge, the author Wilbur Smith performed an unusually generous gesture and left several...
Painting pig named Pigcasso sells works for thousands; one has been turned into a watch face for Swatch
Saved from an abattoir in 2016, a rather appropriately named rescued pig named ‘Pigcasso’ is truly bringing...
As Debbie McGee puts the number plate ‘MAG1C’ up for auction, we remind readers of her legendary and laughable appearance on the ‘Mrs Merton Show’
News that Debbie McGee, widow of the late magician Paul...
Cadogan suggest the impossible in claiming that Sir John Betjeman was present at the arrest of Oscar Wilde at The Cadogan Hotel
The Earl of Cadogan – best known for once stating he “preferred horses...
Mansion on The Bishops Avenue in Hampstead goes on sale for £15 million; it isn’t quite what you’d expect for such a price
Built on a 1.8 acre plot in 1896 in the Arts and...
Richard E. Grant has proven that Britain can still produce talent; he shined in ‘Can You Forgive Me?’ and deserves an Oscar
Quite the opposite of the misery and all-round prat of the same surname,...
Grade II* listed Cumbrian mansion built by opium dealer and once marketed for £1.5 million for sale for just £460,000; it was also the scene of the UK’s biggest ever cannabis raid in 2012
A...
Welsh coastal farm with beach and derelict quarry for sale for just £750,000; its environs were home to an alleged spy in the Second World War
The BBC One hit series Poldark may have been...
Mayfair “farmhouse” where Mrs Simpson began her affair with the then Prince of Wales for sale for 147% more than it was marketed for in 2012
Last marketed at a price of £4.75 million ($6.04...
‘Tables d’Exception’ launched at Rolls-Royce in Mayfair
On 29th November 2018, the extremely connected and delightfully affable Alexandra Foley organised a party for her client the French interior architect and antique tableware collector Hubert de...
1967 Rolls-Royce state landaulet originally built for the Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu – but considered too extravagant even by him – and later used by Her Majesty The Queen to be auctioned
Romanian President Nicolae...
Repossessed Grade I listed Dorset mansion once worth circa £15 million for sale for £3 million; the catch? It’s burnt to the ground
An “exceptionally important,” Grade I listed, 38,000 square foot, 16th century country...
Superb example of the “world’s ultimate limousine” to be auctioned; the Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman was the favourite of dictators across the globe
Produced from 1963 to 1981 with a run of 2,677 units made, the...
Romantic island in Ireland complete with its own castle for sale for just £80,000; there is, of course, a catch
A 0.54 acre island at the southeastern end of Lough Key, near Boyle in County...
John Simpson marks the publication of his novel ‘Moscow Nights’ at Daunt Books in Marylebone
Described as: “An engaging yarn with a strong, sometimes mischievous autobiographical element” by The Sunday Times, esteemed foreign correspondent John...
Where to go for food, games and music? Fabio Contissa suggests three festivals worth visiting in the UK before 2018 is out
Padstow Christmas Festival, Padstow, Cornwall
In early December, the quaint Cornish town of Padstow...
