The Steeple Times asks co-founder of Ochun, a members’ club for single people, Christina Knudsen: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
My totally unrealistic dreams.
“Don't get even,...
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Retiring the rich
An 18-year old New York based member of the Rich Kids of Instagram website posted a message to his followers. He stated: “I’m never going to need...
Mandy Rice-Davies provides a lesson in how to behave on Twitter
A misguided tweet cost Sally Bercow, the wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons, an estimated £100,000. Yesterday, when Mandy Rice-Davies, famous...
An amusing letter to ‘The Times’ provides light relief during the ‘Silly Season’
Renowned photographer and reader of The Steeple Times John Stoddart spotted this letter in The Times this week about paying for parking...
An image of Nigel Farage outside his home shows his true character
God help us: They say we get the leaders we deserve and our Picture of the Week clearly shows what we’d be getting...
Car dealer Andy Lee House faces jail after wrecking a Bugatti Veyron
In November 2009, Andy Lee House, an American car dealer, thought he’d come up with the perfect scam when he decided to crash...
The Steeple Times asks the renowned British television producer Charlie Parsons: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
You’re not here for very long, so you’d better enjoy...
Frankie Boyle owes Jeremy Clarkson an apology
Frankie Boyle is a provocative yet humourless Scottish comedian who’d do well to stay north of the border. In demanding one of Britain’s favourite television presenters is sacked...
A drill used in the Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery on display at Christie’s is a reminder of the world’s biggest bank heist
Former banker David Gainsborough Roberts has amassed an extraordinary collection of items owned...
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Pret a Menu
“Have you a menu?” asked a burka clad Arab in Pret in Knightsbridge. The server answered: “No madam, we serve only what’s in those fridges”. The Arab...
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Killing a festival
“I can’t believe the cheek” stated a student just back from a music festival: “Donna tried to kill herself in a Portaloo. What on earth’s wrong with...
The Steeple Times asks former prisoner turned writer and campaigner Ben Gunn: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Challenging abuses of power and increasing individual liberty.
“Don't get...
The Steeple Times asks ‘Queen of Jeans’ Donna Ida: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
My own ambition.
“Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion,...
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Tipping the point
“We want a table outside”, an Arab who’d just got out of a Ferrari outside of La Brasserie in South Kensington at 11.55pm was overheard to state....
Meghan McCain on marriage
Last week, Senator John McCain’s daughter, Meghan, took to Twitter to share her views on marriage. In announcing her views on marriage, she showed herself to be a wise and grounded...
The Steeple Times asks asks independent film producer Jonathan Sothcott: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Try to be nice to people on the way up because...
The Steeple Times asks Dean and J. Bradley Tramer of lifestyle website Proper Kid Problems: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
D: “Age is a number. Not...
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Lamparding comedy
In the Pret sandwich shop in Knightsbridge’s Brompton Road, two tramps sat chatting about their visits to Holy Trinity Brompton. Of the vicar, one was overheard to say:...
Tony Blair disputes estimates of his wealth and claims that he just wants to make a difference
Last week, our former Prime Minister Tony Blair declared: “I've not changed. It's not about making money. It's...
The Steeple Times asks the founder of the Frugl app Suzanne Noble: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Laughter, love and the search for a great Reuben...
The perils of life as a husband seeker
Sunday night in Knightsbridge – At a party in full swing at a trendy restaurant, a Pucci clad woman said to her friend: “I’m just so...
Classic clangers from the last week
Bedding down
“Ashley’s been out of jail three months and he’s already got a bird pregnant”, lackadaisically stated a tattooed skinhead in a public house in Wolverhapton reports reader Sarah Price....
‘Hot Cop’ takes on ‘Hot Convict’
Yesterday, we featured the so-called ‘Hot Convict’ Jeremy Meeks and suggested it ridiculous that so many were celebrating a criminal just because of his model looks. Thankfully, we’ve now...
The Steeple Times asks the founder and managing director of Chavín Jewellery Simon Ogilvie-Harris: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
I don’t really have a guiding force....
Sir Roger Moore’s joke about being poor is nothing but offensive
Quoted in the Daily Mail’s ‘Ephraim Hardcastle’ column on Wednesday, Sir Roger Moore stated that he couldn’t afford to retire because “I have to...
An image of Rolf Harris painting a door with bars illustrates this monster’s arrogance
Submitted by renowned photographer John Stoddart, our Picture of the Week is of Rolf Harris painting the door to a prison...
Men on women and women on men
Some might suggest these two quotes about men and women to be misandrist and misogynist respectively but we found them amusing and hence share them as our Quotes...
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Showing face
At the Masterpiece art and antiques fair at the Royal Hospital, a plastic faced lady was overheard chatting with an exhibitor. She stated: “I cannot walk from A...
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Incestuous banking
In The Orange public house in Pimlico Road, a table of bankers sat chatting about their love lives. One stated: “With all these late nights, I’m not getting...
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Winning the pork
At The Park Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge, reader James Ellis overheard an animated female guest shouting at a waiter. She yelled: “There’s pork in my Caesar salad....
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A WKD social worker
“I can feel some tablets coming on”, stated one social worker to another on a train from London to Whitstable. “I can’t believe I’m doing this”,...
Jewellery brand Chavin hosts charity event at Mahiki
On 29th May, Simon Ogilvie-Harris of the jewellery brand Chavin hosted a cocktail party and charity event at Mahiki with the help of the socialite Henry Conway.
Timed...
