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Minor and major

Two Internet titans worth watching   Those who wrote off Halsey Minor, founder of CNET, may have done so prematurely given today’s news that Michael Birch has just bought back Bebo for just $1 million. Minor, who...

Sarah Symonds: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

The Steeple Times asks Sarah Symonds: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? The intense desire to help women globally, by teaching them ‘heartache prevention’ techniques.  I motivate...

Crashing has no bounds

Gatecrashers turn up at a memorial service for Michael Winner   The 2005 film Wedding Crashers starring Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Christopher Walken made that breed of crasher famous but an image from today’s Mail...

New York’s real estate power brokers: Part II

Oliver Estreich’s New York real estate power brokers   In the second in a series, Oliver Estreich profiles New York’s top realtors. He continues with Eva Penson, Leighton Candler and Dana Power.   Eva Penson Eva Penson is widely...

Bhavna Ahluwalia: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

The Steeple Times asks fashion management consultant Bhavna Ahluwalia: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? Spirituality.   “Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great...

A mistress on a marriage

Gordon Ramsay’s alleged former mistress Sarah Symonds shares her thoughts on what may have caused trouble and strife in the marriage of Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi   Sarah Symonds, a lady who has variously claimed...

Shackled to the Tooth

Lawyers Baroness Shackleton and Raymond Toothe lunch at Scott’s   Raymond “The Rottweiler” Toothe and Fiona Shackleton spent two hours together on Friday lunching at Scott’s in Mount Street, Mayfair reported today’s The Sunday People.   An unnamed...

Wally of the Week: Charles Saatchi

An art dealer whose boiling point has passed   Everyone’s seen the images and everyone has a view but it is not just because of the pictures of Charles Saatchi supposedly trying to choke his wife...

Marshalling a sentence

Brooke Astor’s 89-year old son should be jailed   Anthony “Tony” Marshall, 89, is due in court in Manhattan today, Thursday 20th June, to hear whether he’ll be sent to prison. If jailed, he will be...

Leonard Johansson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

The Steeple Times asks artist Leonard Johansson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? Inspiration, creativity and free will.   “Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion,...

Fairycakes

Our ‘Wally of the Week’ Luisa Zissman chucks a cupcake out of her pram   Our first ‘Wally of the Week’, Katie Price (or whatever she’s now called), kept quiet. Our second, a cupcake maker turned...

Nik Thakkar: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

The Steeple Times asks fashion creative, writer and television host Nik Thakkar: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? I fear there isn't time to accomplish the things...

Wally of the Week: Luisa Zissman

An attention seeker who needs to be removed from our screens   A contestant on The Apprentice who stated that she has “the energy of a Duracell bunny, the sex appeal of Jessica Rabbit and a...

Nick Oram: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

The Steeple Times asks television producer and host Nick Oram: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? The willingness to change and learning from my mistakes.   “Don't get even,...

It’s (allegedly) a boy

Media claim (again) that they have evidence that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a boy   There are only two possibilities as to the sex of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s child and...

Where there's brass, there's muck

Company director Adrian Burford accused of stealing £12.5 million from his own company   Adrian Burford was a man who liked the good life. He lived in a £9.3 million mansion in the Cotswolds, spent £1.1...

The progress of Pippa

Pippa Middleton becomes a contributing editor for ‘Vanity Fair’   Pippa Middleton is most definitely someone who could be described as polarising. Some resent and mock her. Others admire her for having panache and being enterprising....

“Where are they now?” – Michael Barrymore

What has become of the former entertainer Michael Barrymore?   Shamed television personality Michael Barrymore has reinvented himself. In Prince Charles like fashion, the former Strike it Lucky star has begun a new career talking to...

Faisal Butt: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

The Steeple Times asks property venture capitalist Faisal Butt: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? My inner voice. It somehow knows where I’m heading and is leading...

Alexandra Naylor: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

The Steeple Times asks interpreter and businesswoman Alexandra Naylor: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? Faith, hope and love.   “Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble...

Trish Moore: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

The Steeple Times asks businesswoman Trish Moore: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? Faith.   “Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s...

Arfi Lamba: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

The Steeple Times asks actor and producer Arfi Lamba: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? I listen to my gut.   “Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our...

Moss vs. Middleton

The Duchess of Cambridge usurps Kate Moss in a beauty poll   It’s just been announced that Kate Middleton has beaten Kate Moss in a poll of the UK’s most influential beauty icons.   In Feelunique.com’s poll 30%...

Tweet at your peril

Matthew Steeples shares his views on those who tweet, comment and like   The world is a poorer place in the wake of Sally Bercow losing the libel action brought against her by Lord McAlpine. Those...

The battle of the vanities

An Iraqi medical student and an aspiring actor from Abu Dhabi battle it out for the title “the most beautiful face ever”   Regular readers will recall our having added Omar Borkan Al Gala to our...

New York’s real estate power brokers: Part I

Oliver Estreich’s New York real estate power brokers   In the first of a series, Oliver Estreich profiles New York’s top realtors. He begins with Joan Swift, James C. Cox Jr. and Emily and Elizabeth Beare.   Joan...

Allard Marx: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

The Steeple Times asks strategist and businessman Allard Marx: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? Caterine Axelsson’s daily smile.   “Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble...

Samuel Whiting and Lucas Alexander: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

The Steeple Times asks the duo behind the Heart of House music label, Samuel Whiting and Lucas Alexander: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”   The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force? Dedication to the...

The tribes looking for CFS

Sarah Tucker goes in search of the ten tribes paying homage to a centenary of flower power at the 100th RHS Chelsea Flower Show   Yesterday I attended the press day for the 100th anniversary of...

Picture of the week: An image of Cliff Richard that will scare children

An image that should come with a health warning   There’s not much to say about our picture of the week, other than it should come with a health warning. The image, a spoof mockup of...

Brave Rebekah

Could the failure of the makeover of Merida be a positive sign for Rebekah Brooks?   Merida, Disney Pixar’s heroine in Brave, has had a makeover. Notwithstanding the new look, however, she still looks like Rebekah...

Fooling Fogle

Ben Fogle suggests that he could have been poisoned by a Russian spy   Ben Fogle’s rise to the middle realms of “fame” is something I’ve always found puzzling. Don’t get me wrong, he’s an affable...