ITVBe’s ‘The Real Housewives of Cheshire’s’ Dawn Ward provides an example of all that is wrong with ‘new wealth’ of her type
Dawn Ward is tackiness personified but frankly it isn’t her fault. This poor,...
Citreola Cellars wine merchant Gael Dantec selects Les Belles Côtes Sancerre Roger Et Didier Raimbault 2012 as his Wine of the Week for readers of ‘The Steeple Times’
This week as my Wine of the...
Mirror falls on former French Minister of Industrial Renewal at Balthazar in New York
On Friday at 10am, a large mirror fell on the head of Arnaud Montebourg, the former French Minister of Industrial Renewal,...
La Brasserie celebrates London Fashion Week and the Gin Festival with a new cocktail named ‘Model Behaviour’
London Fashion Week is once again upon us and alongside stick insect like models and the arrival of Anna...
Citreola Cellars wine merchant Gael Dantec selects Champagne Simart-Moreau Brut Sélection Grand Cru as his Wine of the Week for readers of ‘The Steeple Times’
This week’s I’ve decided to opt to choose a champagne...
Citreola Cellars wine merchant Gael Dantec selects his Wine of the Week for readers of ‘The Steeple Times’
A perfectly balanced, medium-bodied wine is this week’s Wine of the Week. It is a Close Grand...
The Steeple Times asks John Paul Murphy, head chef of South Kensington restaurant La Brasserie: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
I have a passion for living.
“Don't...
Queen Victoria on the merits of beer
Our Quote of the Week was shared by The Cross Keys pub on Facebook. It was made Queen Victoria and sums up her views on the merits of...
Gael Dantec of Citreola Cellars selects an affordable rustic gem
This week’s Wine of the Week is a “slightly rustic” Cotes du Rhones from the vineyard of Jean-Pierre, Mireille and Florence Cartier.
From the Domaine Les...
Scotch Whisky Association calls for a reduction in duty on spirits and highlights that the tax on a £12.50 bottle of Bell’s Whisky is a staggering £9.98
Revelations by the Scotch Whisky Association that UK...
Wine merchant and founder of Citreola Cellars Gael Dantec selects his Wine of the Week for readers of ‘The Steeple Times’
Situated in the heart of Meursault, the Domaine du Cerberon is just 7 acres...
South Kensington’s The Exhibitionist Hotel offers a £35,000 Valentine’s Day package that would most definitely appeal to a wealthy ‘Fifty Shade of Grey’ fan
Kate Moss and Johnny Depp allegedly asked a hotel to fill...
Special offer: Citreola Cellars wine merchant Gael Dantec selects his first Wine of the Week for readers of ‘The Steeple Times’
From a vineyard in Auxey-Duresses that has existed since the year 962, this 100%...
Chelsea public house The Cross Keys to reopen
Pubs in Britain are closing at a rate of 31 per week so it is refreshing to hear of one that is actually reopening. Bucking this sad...
Knightsbridge bar and restaurant The Rib Room creates a cocktail using 41 gins (and 9 other ingredients) to mark the release of the film ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’
To mark the release of the film...
Matthew Steeples suggests that the closure of the Knightsbridge restaurant Racine brings with it another nail in the coffin of dining out in The Royal Borough
London is awash with restaurant openings but for every...
Nigel Farage giving up drinking is nothing other than an orchestrated publicity stunt
There’s nothing wrong with deciding to cut back on the drink but Nigel Farage and others who’ve decided to have a “dry...
Wear a crown to Brasserie Zédel on 6th January and get a meal on the house
Brasserie Zédel, just off Piccadilly Circus, marked La Fête des Rois –the French celebration of Epiphany – last year...
As South Kensington restaurant La Brasserie offers lessons in Bloody Mary making, we explore the history of this hair-of-the-dog drink
Someone once said: “If you want to drink all day, you better start early” and...
Pompous “drinks scientist’s” claims of discovering how to make “the perfect gin and tonic” are utter tosh
There are many ways to make a gin and tonic. I like mine served in a heavy tumbler...
Isn’t it time for Theresa May to laud British boozers?
This week, our Home Secretary attended an event celebrating the culture of curry. In her speech, she ridiculously stated that Indian restaurants are more important...
Bartenders flock to attend “open bars”
There’s a new culture in London amongst the bartending community. It’s called the “open bar”.
After a long day’s work, these eternal night-owls flock to what turn out to be...
Mayfair’s The Punchbowl gets a makeover
The Punchbowl in Mayfair was a public house that I first visited in the late 1990s. It had the typical swirly patterned, sticky carpets that you’d find in any...
Blogger Jack Monroe returns to our pages
Not content with having featured as our Wally of the Week once, the acid tongued food and politics blogger Jack Monroe has again made an utter fool of...
Was a Blackpool hotel wrong to fine a couple £100 after they left a negative review about their stay?
Though TripAdvisor is an online review site that allows customers to vent their fury at genuinely...
The Steeple Times asks Konik’s Tail Vodka founder Pleurat Shabani: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Beware, the half-wise are everywhere.
“Don't get even, get medieval” is, in...
TripAdvisor and the wives of former ambassadors do not mix
Champagne loving Lady Meyer is a woman who should have known better. An associate of Gerry and Kate McCann – whose own comments about having...
£8 million mansion with the only Cotswold drawn spring water comes to the market
They say: “Where there’s a well, there’s water” and whoever is prepared to part with some £8,000,000 could get an awful...
£8 million mansion with the only Cotswold drawn spring water comes to the market
They say: “Where there’s a well, there’s water” and whoever is prepared to part with some £8,000,000 could get an awful...
The revitalisation of The Yew Tree Inn at Highclere has put this country pub firmly back on the culinary radar
Highclere used to be known primarily for two things: The first, Highclere Castle, has been there...
Matthew Steeples explores the story behind Konik’s Tail vodka
Kosovo born Pleurat Shabani came to London in the early 1990s and has progressed from working in an Angus Steakhouse to owning a much loved vodka...
Matthew Steeples spends an evening at Clubino in Kensington
If The Talented Mr Ripley’s Dickie Greenleaf and his sidekick Tom Ripley were to have visited London, they’d have felt at home at Clubino, a piano and...
