A call to action if you spot a rough sleeper in the snow
This morning the power of social media was used for good by many when they shared a link to the pages of...
An opportunity to buy 110 books that previously belonged to Bernard and Ruth Madoff
An ebay seller with a 99.1% rating is selling a collection of books and stationery that they claim was previously owned...
The Metropolitan Police report into the Jimmy Savile scandal is published
We’ve written much about the Jimmy Savile scandal and received countless information about it and Operation Yewtree in general from our readers.
The majority, we’re...
Today’s arrests in Operation Yewtree
Today, two men were arrested as part of Operation Yewtree. Both were in their 50s and therefore come from an era where public figures were able to get away with...
A very happy New Year from all at The Steeple Times
There’s been much to celebrate in 2012. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 London Olympics caused great celebration and there’s been much else...
Ten images that surmise the most and least popular topics of the year
We’ve covered all manner of subjects in 2012 and here we have chosen five of the most positive and five of the...
A happy Christmas to all our readers
We’ve loved having you in our lives in 2012 and celebrate you all. G. K. Chesterton’s quote sums up our thoughts and our picture from Devon represents this...
Our scoop on the next arrest in Operation Yewtree
Our editor met with someone involved in Operation Yewtree this week. They let slip the identity of the next person who’ll be helping them with their...
Our thoughts on the £10.8 million payout to Rebekah Brooks
Rebekah Brooks is a lady who is variously described as looking like Lady Macbeth and Merida, the animated hero of Pixar’s Brave.
Brooks is of working...
Nadine Dorries lays out her future plans
Nadine Dorries appeared on Andrew Neil’s Sunday Politics yesterday and declared: “My career is not over… It’s only just beginning.”
The MP for Mid-Bedfordshire may be a bit of...
Matthew Steeples examines the charges against Stuart Hall
In my youth I met a man named Stuart Hall MBE. Today, this self-appointed northern joker was charged with three counts of indecent assault on girls aged...
Jilly Cooper’s state of the nation style summary strikes chords with Matthew Steeples
Best-selling bonkbuster author Jilly Cooper might be best known for novels such as Riders and Jump! but in the 1980s and 90s...
A mistake of operatic proportions
We’ve utterly no problem with the billionairess Oprah Winfrey but we’re not sure our national opera house should be renamed in her honour.
The management of the Vue Cinema in Reading...
Our congratulations to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
The announcement that The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a baby brings joy at a time when this country needs it. The pages of...
Sarah Tucker shares her experiences on a panel discussing the outcomes of Leveson
Journalist and author Sarah Tucker was one of the panelists at a talk at the Richmond Literary Festival on Thursday evening. By...
Gina Miller reports on the death of the typewriter
I noted that Britain's last ever typewriter rolled off the assembly line at Brother's factory in Wales last week, the Brother CM1000 electronic typewriter. This was...
Matthew Steeples takes a view on the story of David Cameron, UKIP, racism and foster homes
First David Cameron described UKIP supporters as “mostly racist” and then a pair of ex-Labour supporting foster parents from...
As Max Clifford suggests Alan Clark abused two 14 year olds, we suggest that he, as a PR ambassador for the BBC’s Children in Need, should step forward and declare what he really knows
First...
A George Orwell quotation sums up the current media firestorm perfectly
We at The Steeple Times thought this image of a lady holding up a piece of cardboard summed up the events of the weekend...
Matthew Steeples reports on the sentencing of Maria Michaela
Today, Maria Michaela was sentenced to 9 years in jail at Harrow crown court for her role as the lynchpin in a fraud of epic proportions.
Termed...
Matthew Steeples suggests that Nadine Dorries is perhaps right to head for the jungle
Don’t get me wrong: I think Nadine Dorries is an utter loon. For those who haven’t heard of her, she’s the...
Matthew Steeples asks: “Where does the victory of Obama leave the right?”
In the UK, David Cameron’s Conservative Party failed to secure a victory in 2010 and a wishy-washy coalition followed. It’s been a blessed...
The glorious colours of autumn
At The Steeple Times we love steam trains and, courtesy of Rex Leyland, we featured a video of one in August on Kew Bridge.
Today, with thanks to our television personality...
Hugo Istay discovers Jimmy Savile’s most unlikely advocates: The Daily Mail
Here are some quotes from that bastion of the country’s morals, The Daily Mail. Apparently Jimmy Savile had been collecting ones like these for...
Charles Mitford Cust asks: “Do the clocks really need to go back?”
Yesterday, once again, the clocks went back and now we are officially in winter. As is always the case on this sad annual...
A different side to Peter Rachman is revealed
Whenever the name Rachman is mentioned, the first things that come to mind are greed, extortion and intimidation. The word is so engrained in such that “Rachmanism”...
Gina Miller asks if today's “i” generation can still embody the proverbial maxim “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"
The hysteria and media attention around the iPhone 5 and the iPad mini...
Matthew Steeples discovers a map of London with a difference
On the 16th October, an actor named Adam Lilley Tweeted an image based on a simplified version of a map of the London Underground. The...
The Chief Whip erases mention of Jimmy Savile from his website
Yesterday, segments of the media shared an image of a poster taken from the website of the new Chief Whip of the House of...
A concrete firm whose boss is fixated on a rather tarnished name
I recall seeing a cement truck belonging to a company named Jim’ll Mix It parked in First Street, Chelsea several years ago. As...
Matthew Steeples discovers Michael Winner’s links to descriptions of unwelcome “out of towners”
My last linguistic rambling explored two words, “plebs” and “ladettes,” that, like Andrew Mitchell MP, truly need to be eliminated from our...
Matthew Steeples updates readers on John Goodman's return to jail
The conviction of John Goodman in West Palm Beach earlier this year was a tragedy for all concerned but the twists and turns that have...
