The snakes and ladders of society.
A chronicle of drama, scandal and success in London, Paris, New York and elsewhere
Twin sisters who forked out £130,000 to look more similar
Twins are sometimes nigh on identical and sometimes aren’t. An Australian pair named Lucy and Anna DeCinque, however, are so obsessed about looking the same that they’ve spent £130,000 on lip fillers, breast implants and tattooed eyebrows. (more…)
The strange story of the murder of Barbara Baekeland by her own son
Murders can happen anywhere but Cadogan Square in Chelsea is not somewhere you’d first think of one so strange occurring. In 1972, however, just such a thing happened when the great grandson of the inventor of Bakelite killed his socialite mother in their penthouse home. (more…)
‘Sara Al-Amoudi’ spotted at cocktail party
The woman best known as ‘The Vamp in the Veil’ appeared at a cocktail party last night. (more…)
20 questions with banker, explorer and author Colonel Paul Bayly
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Life’s too short to miss a good adventure.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
Carpe diem and also “the guy with the biggest battle tank always wins”.
Galleries and auction houses circulate list of crashers
It’s official: The gatecrashers of London have their cards marked. The Steeple Times has been given the official list of “suspected gatecrashers” that is being circulated by the galleries and auction houses of London. (more…)
Shamed baroness spotted shopping in Waitrose Belgravia
Our editor expected it unlikely to cross paths with the shamed criminal Baroness Marie-Claire von Alvensleben after her conviction on Wednesday. He was, therefore, more than surprised to encounter her in Waitrose Belgravia on Thursday evening (more…)
House PR’s “condition attached” invites score a true own goal
We’ve upset a few PRs this week but the award for the man that brought another of them down has to go to Tim Walker, The Telegraph’s ‘Mandrake’ columnist. (more…)
