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Kylie and Kardashian

There’s only one Kylie – and it’s not a Jenner-Kardashian   The Kardashians only came to fame because of O. J. Simpson and now one of their number, in attempting to usurp Kylie Minogue, is again...

Putting May under the Spotlight

The success of Spotlight at the 88th Academy Awards sends a reminder to political figures that child abuse should not be swept under the carpet by Theresa May or anyone else   In Hollywood on...

Picture of the Week: The First Dude

Hillary Clinton resorts to making jokes on Facebook in an attempt to bolster her campaign   Hillary Clinton may well be on the road to becoming the Democratic Party candidate for President but with Bernie Sanders...

Picture of the Week: Smug and smugger

Images of Hillary Clinton meeting Britney Spears illustrates a new low for the desperado wannabe Leader of the Free World   This week, Hillary Clinton met Britney Spears. You couldn’t have made it up but, equally,...

Selling Clifford

Max Clifford attempts to sell his bland and frankly boring £3.45 million Surrey home for a million more than he paid for it   Already jailed for eight years and now facing further charges of sexually...

Stopping a socialite

Socialite Waris Ahluwalia prevented from boarding a flight because he was wearing a turban   On Monday, The Grand Budapest Hotel star and frequent attendee of the ASmallWorld social network’s social events was barred from boarding...

Get shot

Only in America could someone claim to have shot someone over an an argument over lottery numbers   It could only happen in America and Parents Against Gun Violence this week shared “a few of the...

Squalid in South Ken

Squalid store room on a half-landing in South Kensington offered for £30,000 to £50,000 at auction   In a further sign that the London property market has gone potty, a squalid store room on a busy...

Gross in Grosvenor Gardens

£24 million house in Grosvenor Gardens, London featured in ‘Mail Online’ isn’t quite what it seems   Monday’s Mail Online reported that the owner of a Grosvenor Gardens “mansion” is set to avoid £400,000 ($574,000 or €526,000)...

Comment of the Week: Is there a Clinton-Trump pact?

Could Donald Trump secretly be hankering after another Clinton in The White House?   Chaim Paddaman is someone who comments on articles in The Steeple Times on a frequent basis and this week he made an...

A million pound lav

Former public lavatory in Spitalfields, London, E1 offered for sale for a staggering £1 million   A derelict former public lavatory in Commercial Street, London, E1 has been placed on the market for £999,000 ($1.43 million...

Losing on the Lottery

Bankrupt ‘Lotto Lout’ warns of the perils of winning the National Lottery   Lottery fever gripped Britain last week with one of the largest jackpots ever whilst in America, a $1.6 billion dollar Powerball caused a...

Picture of the Week: Flooding Clooney

As the Berkshire bolthole of George Clooney is hit by the latest round of flooding, we imagine he’ll be turning to his favourite Nespresso phrase: “What else?”   George Clooney paid around £10 million for his...

Losing language

New contributor Francis Megahy shares his views on English people speaking American   Can you remember when the place where you caught a train was called a “railway station”? The only exception was in American movies,...

Wally of the Week: Kelvin MacKenzie

Kelvin MacKenzie ludicrously claims white men cannot be terrorists and shows he has plainly forgotten the IRA   Kelvin MacKenzie will best be remembered for having colluded with the now convicted paedophile Max Clifford to create...

Picture of the Week: The Wallies of Whalley

Image of flooded Lancashire field complete with sign advertising it as a development site for 39 homes illustrates the perils of building on flood plains   Already shared on social media by over 20,000 people, our...

Picture of the Week: It’s a material world

Image of people queuing outside Harrods on Boxing Day illustrates what a material world we truly live in   Christmas is meant to be about celebrating the birth of Christ but in these secular times, it...

Show some mercy Theresa Scrooge

Before you settle down to Christmas lunch, help support a 92-year old facing forced removal from the arms of her family in the UK   Today, many will spend Christmas Day in the company of...

Love and the Trump

Donald Trump declares he has love for everybody in his Christmas message   He wants to ban Muslims from entering America and he wants to build a wall with Mexico but that hasn’t stopped Donald Trump...

A marked Michel

Wolfgang Michel’s son Christian Michel – the brother of the literary agent Caroline Michel – wanted by Interpol over bribery   Always dressed in a Savile Row suit, Milner Street, Knightsbridge resident Wolfgang Michel was a...

Carol cashes in

Sale of items connected to Margaret Thatcher nets controversy and a total price of £4.5 million   The auctions of 418 items owned and given to Margaret Thatcher concluded on Wednesday and resulted in a total...

Banking a building

Graffiti covered New York building sells to real estate mogul Aby Rosen for £34.8 million – 50,000% more than its photographer owner paid for it in 1973   In 1973, photographer Jay Maisel paid $102,000 (the equivalent...

Video of the Week: What has sex got to do with it?

Robert Dyas publish a video advert about sexuality that can only be defined as bizarre   Gay, bisexual or straight – It’s simply not meant to matter. Plainly, though, the management of the hardware chain Robert...

Are you snorkeling in my think tank?

George Appleton shares his views on corporate management speak   Heads up everyone. When did our corporate world become over run with blue sky thinking? Are you fed up receiving cascading emails from your line manager...

Contradicting complainants

Former flatmates of the woman who accused the late Leon Brittan of rape come to her defence and deny contradicting her story   Despite the Metropolitan Police having now confirmed that “there was insufficient evidence to...

Terror and kindness

George Appleton shares his thoughts on how the world should react to the terror attacks in Paris   The murderous events of Friday 13th November in Paris were disgusting. Of that, there is no doubt, but...

Team Harris cracks

Supporters of the paedophile Rolf Harris take to attacking one another   Convicted paedophile Rolf Harris’ key supporters appear to have had a bit of a falling out given a post shared on the Change.org website...

Picture of the Week: No welcome for ISIS

Spoof sign sums up how ISIS should be treated by everyone everywhere   Shared on Facebook by Gillian Retallack, our Picture of the Week is of a spoof sign published by Bodmin News that reads: “Welcome...

Chocolate is out

As Rolf Harris is hospitalized due to an incident with chocolate bars, his leading supporter issues yet another rant online   Anthea Turner and Grant Bovey’s car crash of a marriage was defined by that picture...

Continuing Clifford

As Max Clifford’s daughter, Louise Clifford, buys his “goodwill” from the liquidators of his business, Matthew Steeples suggests ‘The Steeple Times’ story about her desire to trade on his tawdry name is further bolstered   When...

Reader Offer: Buy a charity T-shirt that says Balls to Cancer

Say 'Balls to Cancer' by buying a charity T-shirt designed by the media personality and author Christine Hamilton   200,000 men are diagnosed with cancer each year in Britain and 10 die each hour. It is...

Bunking up

Even taking a bedroom share in Kensington & Chelsea could set you back £675 per month   London’s rental market continues to prosper and despite a fall in sale prices in so-called super prime areas, demand...