Category: MOVERS & SHAKERS

The snakes and ladders of society.

A chronicle of drama, scandal and success in London, Paris, New York and elsewhere

  • Wally of the Week: Mark Wright

    Wally of the Week: Mark Wright

    Mark Wright being locked out of Twitter for an hour is hardly the end of the world

     

    Mark Wright – who formerly appeared in The Only Way is Essex – went into meltdown on Monday after his Twitter account was temporarily hacked. (more…)

  • Wally of the Week: Kelly Brook

    Wally of the Week: Kelly Brook

    Kelly Brook’s stupidest statement (yet)

     

    A contestant on The Apprentice, Stuart Baggs, once was derided after describing himself as “a brand”. This week, former Page Three girl Kelly Brook did just the same and in the process made herself look equally ridiculous. (more…)

  • Wally of the Week: Spencer Matthews

    Wally of the Week: Spencer Matthews

    ‘Made in Chelsea’s’ Spencer Matthews tweets a £488,000 bar bill

     

    Whether it was his bill or someone else’s, the vulgarity of the 25 year old Made in Chelsea participant Spencer Matthews tweeting an image of a receipt for £488,706.08 is yet another example of distasteful excess. (more…)

  • William Cookson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    William Cookson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with artist William Cookson

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    “Onwards and upwards”.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    “Get medieval on your ass”.

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  • Zain Latif: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Zain Latif: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with Zain Latif, founder of TLG Capital

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    Hakuna Matata.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    The enemy of good is better.

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  • Thicke socks the students

    Thicke socks the students

    Robin Thicke dismisses campuses who banned his song as ‘ridiculous’

     

    When Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines became a worldwide No 1, it also became a talking point on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour after Edinburgh University started a UK-wide movement by banning it from their campuses. (more…)

  • Ana de la Vega: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Ana de la Vega: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with flautist Ana de la Vega

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore, non feci mai male ad anima viva – which for non-Puccini buffs means: “I lived for my art, I lived for love, I never did harm to a living soul”.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    “I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom”. (more…)

  • Twitter’s gone One Direction

    Twitter’s gone One Direction

    One Direction have more influence on UK Twitter users than David Cameron, Stephen Fry and Piers Morgan

     

    Piers Morgan’s public spat with Jeremy Clarkson has made headlines in recent days, but according to research by PeerIndex, the chat show host is ahead of the automotive expert in terms of his influence on British users of Twitter. (more…)

  • Alexander Kassandrinos: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Alexander Kassandrinos: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with international lawyer Alexander Kassandrinos

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    My guiding force is my well being and enjoyment of life. If I am well and enjoying life, everything is fine, so I make it so. It’s a painfully easy concept to live by.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.

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  • Caroline Feraday: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Caroline Feraday: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with broadcaster Caroline Feraday

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    Never be boring. You may now pass judgement on whether I achieve this below.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    Kind thoughts, kind words, kind deeds.  Sometimes this occurs for me through very gritted teeth though.

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