This modest Mancunian actress is best known for having starred in the 1970s series Man About the House. (more…)
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Paula Wilcox
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From Docker to Dunstone
Norah Docker’s yacht, Shemara, has found a saviour in Charles Dunstone
When spendaholics Sir Bernard and Lady Docker took ownership of a 65-metre yacht, the Shemara, in the 1950s, little did they know that it would ultimately become part of their nemesis. The very same boat – after languishing for many years – has now been fully restored and is now in the ownership of the telecommunications titan Sir Charles Dunstone. (more…)
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Made in chains
‘Made in Chelsea’ tours and chain stores have taken the place of Led Zeppelin and Sloane Rangers on London’s Kings Road
The Kings Road was famous as the centre of counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s. It subsequently became gentrified in the 1980s and 1990s but now is primarily dominated by the outlets of chains such as Vodafone, Lush and French Connection. (more…)
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Michael “Chalky” White
This Scottish producer’s life was immortalised in the 2013 crowdfunded film, The Last Impresario. Jewish and educated at the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, White moved from being a Wall Street runner in the 1950s to the pinnacles of showbusiness in the 1960s and 1970s. Known for working on projects as diverse as Monty Python, The Rocky Horror Show, Enigma and White Mischief, this legendary playboy “can’t think about one good thing about growing old” and considers beautiful women to be “like living pictures”. White’s “Icarus-like downfall” into drugs and excess are well documented but, as he’d no doubt say himself, “the party must go on”. -
If I Were You
One of Chelsea’s most important modernist houses comes to the market
Built for the parliamentarian and playwright Benn Levy and his actress wife and designed by the Bauhaus school founder Walter Gropius, 66 Old Church Street is one of Chelsea’s most significant modernist houses. It’s no wonder that, even though in need of renovation, therefore, a £45 million price tag has been attached to the house by agents Beauchamp Estates. (more…)
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Let It Go
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw sell Tennessee farm
If you’re buying in London with a budget of £13 million, you could get a 4-bedroom apartment in Chesham Place, Belgravia. In Franklin, Tennessee for the same amount you’d get a lot more bang for your buck if you were to buy “country music power couple” Faith Hill and Tim McGraw’s 753 acre “weekend getaway”. (more…)
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Did you know?
A new column revealing facts you may or may not already know
Sir Cliff Richard was allegedly praised in the 1970s for staying in Britain whilst Denis Healey “tax[ed] the rich until the pips squeak[ed]”. No such enthusiasm is due now. (more…)
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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 opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
Kerry Katona was considered unacceptable in 2007. Who or what is unacceptable in 2013?
Rudeness, unkindness and bad manners.
Tony Blair misses being Prime Minister. What do you miss most in your life?
Having my mum live close by. She lives in South America.
What might you swap all your wealth for?
Knowing that my family and friends will always be healthy and safe.
Donald Trump was once a case of: “If you owe the bank a thousand, they close you down; but if you owe the bank a billion, you own the bank”. What’s your view on the banking crisis?
We’re all guilty of adding to the crisis in the world at the moment because of our actions.
What phrase or word do you most loathe?
“Whateva”.
In the UK, some people consider charity to “begin at home”. What’s your view and what causes do you personally support?
People should support charities that they believe in.
The judge in Law Abiding Citizen states: “I can pretty much do whatever I want” before being blown up whilst answering her mobile phone. What’s your view on the appropriate use of such devices?
A necessary evil.
Alexandra Naylor If you could fill a carriage on The Orient Express, who would be your fellow passengers?
My daughters, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, David Bowie, Ramses III, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Lord Byron.
If you were unfortunate enough to end up on death row, what would be your last meal and where would you eat it?
A Bolivian dish eaten on the shores of Lake Titicaca.
What time is it acceptable to consume the first drink of the day?
Anytime as long as the drink doesn’t consume you.
A Negroni, a martini or a cup of tea?
Any of them depending on how bad your day has been.
Whose parties do you enjoy the most and why?
My parents parties in the 1970s. They were fab, wild and full of hippies.
Who is the most positive person you know?
My mother.
What’s your most guilty pleasure?
Chocolates and lots of them.
If a tattoo were to sum you up, what would it be of?
A dove.
If you were a car, what marque would you be?
My BMW. It’s fast, reliable and safe. In fact, it’s just like me.
Cilla Black presented Surprise, Surprise. Tell us the most surprising thing about you.
I’m a 007 fan. I love everything about James Bond.
What’s currently sitting on your mantelpiece?
Flowers, photos of my daughters and a lovely Tiffany clock that my friend gave me.
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Yewtree’s net widens as bizarre theories of a Conservative conspiracy emerge
As Operation Yewtree detectives announce they will investigate five more personalities, bizarre conspiracy theories suggesting a Conservative led conspiracy against Stuart Hall, William Roache and Owen Oyston emerge
Last night, the Daily Mirror revealed that complaints about further personalities have been made to detectives from Operation Yewtree. On the list of additional individuals, whom shall now be investigated, are said to be “two singers, a pair of television personalities and a comedian”.
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It's Tarby!
Jimmy Tarbuck arrest revealed
In an “exclusive”, the Mail Online have revealed that the comedian Jimmy Tarbuck OBE was arrested on the 26th April in connection with allegations of an alleged sexual assault on a young boy in Harrogate, North Yorkshire in the 1970s.