Papers and paywalls
This morning a paywall went up on The Sun’s online portal, Sun+. This move follows those of the The Times and the Telegraph and some might suggest they are commercially justifiable. We...
Anmer Hall in Norfolk all but confirmed as future home of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
For months now there has been speculation as to whether Anmer Hall, a Georgian property on The Queen’s...
Chelsea’s Conservative Club closed and up for rent
Someone once said if they put up a pig with a blue rosette as the candidate in Kensington and Chelsea, it would win. This might now be...
Stuart Hall’s sentence doubled
Today, paedophile and former broadcaster Stuart Hall’s sentence was doubled to 30 months by judges at the Court of Appeal. We salute those who questioned his original sentence including even Harriet...
Stuart Hall’s sentence doubled
Today, paedophile and former broadcaster Stuart Hall’s sentence was doubled to 30 months by judges at the Court of Appeal. We salute those who questioned his original sentence including even Harriet...
Words worth using
Nick Clegg is a quockerwodger as he behaves like a puppet and is controlled by David Cameron’s strings.
Originating from the 1850s, the term quockerwodger combines mixes quocken (“to vomit or choke”) and...
French fashion brand mocks Jimmy Savile’s victims
A French fashion brand bizarrely named Brooklyn We Go Hard has used the former Scottish holiday home of the deceased paedophile Jimmy Savile as the location for one...
Supposed ‘princess’ Sara Al Amoudi claims that property investor Ian Paton is a ‘crack addict’ who had an ‘affair’ with her
We’ve reported on the case brought against alleged “princess” Sara Al Amoudi before...
DLA Piper UK LLP issue a statement on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi
The case brought against Sara Al Amoudi by Amanda Clutterbuck and Ian Paton is one where proving identity will be...
J.K. Rowling has no need to whinge about her pseudonym being revealed
J.K. Rowling made a fortune writing her Harry Potter series. Now that she’s been revealed as the author of a crime mystery, The...
Richard Webb of Saltydog Investor shares his views on the new investment world and DIY investing
Leaving your investments to the so-called professionals is like embarking on a round the world voyage using the stars...
As Haroon Kasir is arrested on suspicion of the possession of indecent images of children, we must ask why additional resources are not allocated to Operation Fernbridge
The Sunday People has revealed that Haroon ‘Harry’...
The real reason Katie Hopkins has been making “outrageous” comments
In the last week there has been much debate as to why Katie Hopkins has been appearing on our screens making such outrageous remarks. We...
Katie Hopkins causes yet more offence
Katie Hopkins is plainly on a publicity drive. Last week she caused offence by stating that she wouldn’t allow her children near any named Chardonnay, Charmaine or Tyler and...
Parliament’s decision to recall Rupert Murdoch is just ludicrous
Parliament’s culture select committee has decided to recall Rupert Murdoch after revelations that he regretted co-operating in the inquiry into phone hacking. Frankly, this is just...
Rupert Murdoch’s comments on the police investigation into phone hacking have a degree of logic to them
In stating that the covertly recorded remarks made by Rupert Murdoch and broadcast on Channel 4 yesterday do...
A new investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
A new investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is all very well but given the colossal costs involved and the fact that many other...
Gina and Alan Miller launch the True & Fair Investment Calculator
Already well known for their groundbreaking True & Fair Campaign, Gina and Alan Miller have recently launched a free online calculator that enables investors...
Rachel Elnaugh shares some rather strange views on Stuart Hall’s sentence on Twitter
As it is reported that jailed paedophile Stuart Hall is facing another seventeen allegations of sexual abuse, The Steeple Times was surprised...
Anthony Marshall’s disgrace is complete
Anthony Marshall, heir to the fortune of Brooke Astor, finally faced justice yesterday in Manhattan. He did so wearing sweat pants, a cardigan and a pair of Toms slippers. Delivered...
Jeffrey Skilling gets 10 years sliced off his sentence
The disgraced Enron chief executive officer Jeffrey Skilling has been in jail since 2006. This week 10 years has been cut off his 24 year jail...
Bill Oddie defends Rolf Harris
“Personalities” from the 1980s seem to like making odd statements about paedophilia and sexual abuse. First it was William Roache and then came Jim Davidson and Max Clifford. All three...
Anthony Marshall gets another day of freedom
Anthony Marshall, the 89-year old son of the late philanthropist Brooke Astor, got a one day stay of execution from Judge A. Kirke Bartley this afternoon.
Marshall, a former...
The Steeple Times suggests five things to bring cheer to Julian Assange’s grey existence
The fugitive Julian Assange will have been in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for exactly one year tomorrow, the 19th...
Claire Rubinstein laments this year’s Father’s Day offerings
As far as celebrations go, Father's Day seems to be a decidedly tepid affair if the dismal offerings from the High Street are anything to go by.
We'd...
Theresa May agrees to fund full-scale Met inquiry into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Last year, Theresa May hosted a reception with a woman named Lady Meyer in Downing Street. Kate McCann, the mother of...
The Red Arrows flypast over Buckingham Palace is an annual delight
Every year on the Queen’s official birthday the skies of London become a spectacular theatre for just a few minutes. Today was no exception.
At...
William Dalrymple suggests the past should guide anyone considering invading Afghanistan
Last night I attended a reception hosted by Sir Tom Stoppard and the Founders’ Circle of the London Library at the East India Club...
Nick Griffin visits Bashar Assad and an Assad inspired number plate appears in London
In a not so extraordinary move, Nick Griffin MEP, leader of Britain’s most obnoxious political party, the BNP, is in Syria...
Does a fugitive have the right to sun?
Ecuador’s foreign minister Richard Patino has called for his country’s enforced guest, Julian Assange, to be allowed the right to sunbathe and have a bit of “intimacy”....
Power, paedophile rings and an establishment cover-up
Child grooming and paedophile rings are very much in the news currently. Many of the cases highlighted by the media have focused on Asian Muslim men grooming white...
Jeremy Irons shares his sympathy for the plight of William Roache
Actor William Roache was in court again today for a preliminary hearing in relation to charges of historical sex offences against five girls. Roache,...