Editorial comment from Matthew Steeples.
Our editor tells it like it is and he rarely minces his words
Should controls on Internet and email usage in public spaces and cafes, bars and restaurants be welcomed?
When you see someone sat in a café tapping away on a laptop what do you think? Could they be a media dahling on a deadline, a freelancer desperately seeking work, an Al-Qaeda member plotting their next mission or maybe just a filthy sort sat looking at porn? (more…)
Apple need to return to producing quality products
Today, I’ve experienced surprisingly fine customer service courtesy of Peter Jones and Carphone Warehouse and been subjected to two examples of poorly made technological goods courtesy of Apple. (more…)
Thomas McLoughlin’s threats against Matthew Steeples will not put a stop to our exposes on him and others
We at The Steeple Times are not afraid to expose crooks and villains. Having highlighted the activities of such people as disgraced hedge fund boss Adrian Burford, mortgage fraudster Maria Michaela, an aggressive baroness named Marie-Claire von Alvensleben and others, we will not be bullied into submission. A fat conman named Thomas Joseph McLoughlin is a case in point. (more…)
Central London is losing its character
A house in Pelham Street for £105 million, Tamara Ecclestone spends £1 million on a bathtub and Made in Chelsea’s Spencer Matthews racks up a bar bill of £450,000. These are all headlines we’ve featured recently that illustrate the nonsensical world that has become The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Mayfair and Belgravia. (more…)
Constance Briscoe charged with third count of intending to pervert the course of justice
Constance Briscoe had it all: a successful career as a barrister and part-time judge, a large house in Clapham and friends in high places. Today, as she is charged with a third count of intending to pervert the course of justice, her world looks far less rosy. (more…)
The mess that is the phone hacking trial
The public have tired of the phone hacking trial and despite Stuart Kuttner, the News of the World’s former managing editor, being placed in the dock today and the paper’s former news editor being declared “currently unfit” to face trial, there is now very little coverage of this extraordinary case. (more…)
Dangerous bicycles with cargo boxes that carry children should be banned
With the current furore regarding relations between cyclists and motorists in London, one particular type of bicycle that has come to public attention is the “cargo bike”. (more…)
Another nail in the coffin for the BBC
The BBC’s annual Comic Relief is a charity fundraiser that has raised over £750 million. Though there is much about it that is commendable, revelations that £150 million was invested in arms dealing firms and tobacco companies and lost £800,000 on a failed venture involving Gordon Ramsay will undoubtedly anger the public. (more…)
‘The Mirror’ is wrong to attack Boris Johnson’s speech to the Centre for Policy Studies
The Mirror is a left-wing paper so some would say their latest attack on Boris Johnson was inevitable, but this time they are utterly wrong. (more…)
Mitchell and Saatchi may have both been truly wronged
The evidence is becoming clearer and the role of the police and others is sadly becoming more apparent. The media plainly got a lot wrong about Andrew Mitchell and Charles Saatchi supposedly too. (more…)