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Taxi!

Rare 1938 Austin taxi to be auctioned; it is one of just four known to survive   On 29th March, the very day Theresa May taxis towards Brexit and triggers Article 50, H&H Classics will auction...

The Community Conundrum

Chelsea locals bemoan the loss of their community gathering point   Last night at The Enterprise in Walton Street, a group of bereft locals gathered to hold a wake in honour of the demise of their...

Power Pays

That a convicted paedophile is able to avoid a jail sentence is an utter disgrace especially given pensioners get locked up for non-payment of TV licence fees; Old Etonian Andrew Picard shouldn’t be on...

Website of the Week – Overheard and Seen in Whitstable

Facebook page where Whitstable locals spend time moaning and arguing will have you in hysterics; welcome to an example of a modern day spouting place for ‘Busybody Britain’   You’ll likely have come across the Facebook...

Rent-a-Gob v. Rent-a-Gob

Acid tongued food blogger Jack Monroe’s libel victory over right wing media personality Katie Hopkins represents a victory for only their lawyers   Katie Hopkins undoubtedly spouts a lot of hot air but that she lost...

Picture of the Week – Kellyanne Slobway

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway provides proof that she’s nothing but a slob and a woman who deserves to be sacked   Yesterday, ‘Queen of Alternative Facts’ and expert on the non-esixtent ‘Bowling Green Massacre’...

Wally of the Week – Rachel Veazey

Woman whose boycott of TJ Maxx in support of the Trump family lasted all of thirty seconds is truly a pointless fool   Rachel Veazey, a woman whose Facebook page is filled with biblical quotes, was...

Jog On Jenner

Caitlyn Jenner proves herself to be truly hypocritical; it is time this self-publicist were simply ignored   Caitlyn Jenner is a person with nothing else on her agenda other than keeping herself in the public eye....

Soggy Sofas, Maddening Mirrors and Civic Vacuum Cleaners

Examples of the worst kind of ‘Angry People in Local Newspapers’ and the most irrelevant of stories   On Saturday, Glenn and Gwen Harper of Horden, County Durham shared their story with the world. The couple...

Warring Ward

Champagne swiller Dawn Ward “at war” with one-time friend and fellow WAG and cast member of ‘The Real Housewives of Cheshire’ Leanne Brown   Yesterday, The Sun on Sunday reported that a favourite of all at...

Moron of the Moment – Reverend Philip Fowles

Foul-mouthed Anglican cleric Philip Fowles should be truly ashamed of himself   Men of the church are generally thought of as polite, kind and sympathetic but in the Reverend Philip Fowles we’ve found an exception.   Conservative supporting...

The Whinging Wintertons

Former MPs Sir Nicolas Winterton and his wife Ann are not worthy of a glowing set of memoirs – Instead, this pair of ghastly grabbers deserve all the criticism ever thrown at them   Excerpts from...

Getting Ghastly

Society bible ‘Tatler’ is wrong to take issue with the word “ghastly”   Joanna Lumley once described the phrase “quality time” as “ghastly” and she was right. Mary Berry used the same word to describe reality...

Wally of the Week – Sarah Vine

Backstabber Michael Gove’s wife’s attack on Gina Miller confirms her for what she truly is – Sarah Vine is nothing but an OKA loving wally   In this morning’s Daily Mail, the wife of the traitorous,...

Trumping Wildenstein

‘Catwoman’ Jocelyn Wildenstein puts her Trump World Tower apartment on the market after recent court appearance for “clawing” her boyfriend’s face   “No showings before 12pm” shouts the listing on realtor Douglas Elliman’s homepage and given...

Mind Your Mariella

Mariella Frostup heartlessly berates a woman married to an alcoholic   Mariella Frostrup was described as having “the sexiest female voice on TV” in 2008. She was born in Norway, is the daughter of an alcoholic...

Seeking Truth

Circumstances of George Michael’s death questioned by former friend Andros Georgiou   In 2012, George Michael’s “childhood friend” – this morning described by the Mail Online as his “cousin” – Andros Georgiou told The Sun: “The...

James Floyd – What’s on your mantelpiece?

A 20-question interview with British actor and BIFA award winner James Floyd   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? “Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less...

Overheard – 7th January

Clangers overheard and snippets spotted by readers of ‘The Steeple Times’   Get me a Krug! At The Botanist on Sloane Square in London, a visiting Yorkshire lass told her assembled crew: “They do sell a prosecco...

No Vision

The Evening Standard sinks to a new low with a list of the predictions for 2017 from a bunch of the “capital’s wisest visionaries”   The Evening Standard used to publish revealing stories and its weekly...

Wally of the Week – William Hanson

Etiquette know-all (know-nothing) William Hanson makes his second appearance of 2016 as a ‘Wally of the Week’   William Hanson is a man with a serious chip on his shoulder (and “a moist towelette in his...

Wally of the Week – William Hanson

Etiquette know-all (know-nothing) William Hanson makes his second appearance of 2016 as a ‘Wally of the Week’   William Hanson is a man with a serious chip on his shoulder (and “a moist towelette in his...

Woman of The Hour – Kirstie Allsopp

Kirstie Allsopp rightly stands up to motormouth Kay Burley   George Michael’s death was sad given he was plainly a talented musician and that he was taken too young and when the television presenter Kirstie Allsopp...

Wally of the Week – Margaret Gallagher

Meet a woman with a broken thighbone who thinks she can park wherever she wants; strangely she can get on her tight jeans and boots   The Daily Mail were plainly short on stories Thursday. At...

Picture of the Week – Nutter meets Nutter

Donald Trump held a meeting with one of the few “celebrities” willing to be seen in his company   On Tuesday morning, at around 9am, Donald Trump met with the rapper Kanye West at Trump Tower...

A Catty Catastrophe

‘Bride of Wildenstein’ got her claws out in New York; her boyfriend learns a lesson about playing with cats   Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes once remarked: “Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be...

Old and New – Sloanes

New series contrasting the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ begins with Sloane Rangers   Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Lady Diana Spencer used to drink at The Admiral Codrington whilst Sloanes named Perdita and...

Video of the Week – The Spirit of the Daredevil

Video of teenager climbing New York’s tallest landmarks is a must watch   Justin Casquejo is a teenager who is utterly fearless. The 18-year old from Weehawken, New Jersey was sentenced to 30 days of community...

Degenerates and Dr Nastro

Matthew Steeples alerts event hosts in London to Dr Nastro, Ian Thomas and their merry gang of party crashing cohorts   Last Wednesday, in London, around twenty gatecrashers arrived at a party I was co-hosting.   ‘Invited’ by...

Smashing a “Star”

YouTube “star” has his ridiculous gold wrapped BMW smashed with a baseball bat during a photo shoot in New York whilst blocking traffic   Though he has 2.7 million subscribers to his feed on YouTube and...

Wally of the Week – Joe Corré

Vivienne Westwood’s son pathetically burns £5 million of memorabilia as a protest; he should have given it to charity   Fans rightly reacted angrily when Dame Vivienne Westwood’s publicity loving son Joe Corré set fire to...

Overheard – 23rd November

Clangers overheard and snippets spotted by readers of ‘The Steeple Times’   Missing the Phoenixes In Pret South Kensington, several parents sat chatting whilst their noisy children ran riot. One father remarked: “We had to call the...