This Spanish socialite and fashion model has – alongside Coco Chanel, Carolina Herrera, Diana, The Princess of Wales, Baroness Thatcher and Anna Wintour – been a member of the International Best Dressed List since 1984. (more…)
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Nati Abascal y Romero-Toro (formerly The Most Excellent The Duchess of Feria)
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Theo James (born Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis)
Julian Fellowes cast Theo James as the Turkish diplomat Kemal Pamuk in the first season of Downton Abbey and swiftly killed him off in a sex scene (more…) -
Unappealing Clifford
As Max Clifford launches an appeal against his eight-year prison sentence, all it shows is how truly unappealing he still is
Despite being convicted on eight counts of indecent assault between 1977 and 1984, sexual offender Max Clifford has decided to launch an appeal against his eight-year prison sentence. In doing so, all Clifford achieves is to inflict yet more misery on his victims. (more…)
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Keep an eye on the auctions
An analysis of the results of the Christie’s Out of the Ordinary and RM Auctions Battersea sales (more…)
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Wally of the Week: Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga in £1.25 million bidding war for macabre Michael Jackson images
An eight-page medical report on Michael Jackson’s hair-fire accident in the 1980s is not something most normal people would want. It’s for sale, however, according to The Mirror and Lady Gaga is supposedly after it. The price? £1.25 million. (more…)
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First past the estate
1928 Rolls Royce Phantom 1 shooting brake comes to the market
Here at The Steeple Times we love unusual shooting brakes and in a 1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1, we’ve discovered an especially fantastic one. (more…)
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Mike Rosenberg (AKA Passenger)
This English folk-rock singer-songwriter hails from Brighton and topped the charts in 16 countries in 2013 with Let Her Go. Passenger, whose own style is described as “evoking the style and hardworking creativity of the troubadours of old”, cannot stand Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On. -
Ryan Lochte (nicknames 'Reezy' and 'The Lochtenator')
This American competitive swimmer has won 11 Olympic medals, been challenged to a swimming race by Prince Harry in Las Vegas and featured in a Funny or Die spoof with Sir Patrick Stewart and Simon Pegg. Known for his diamond-encrusted smile, Lochte trademarked the catchphrase “Jeah” in 2012 and of its meaning explained: “It means everything, like, happy. Like if you have a good swim, you say, ‘Jeah!’ It’s good. So I guess it means, ‘good’”. Aside from sport, fashion and acting are his passions. He appeared in the teen drama 90210 in 2012 and of his future plans, commented: “When I hang up the Speedo, then, I’ll put the focus on the design”. -
Lauren Bush Lauren (nickname: “LBL”)
President George H. W. Bush’s model and designer turned philanthropist granddaughter became “Lauren Lauren” when she married David Lauren, son of Ralph Lauren, in 2011. The union was described as the merger of two families who are “public but private” and of why she named her own fashion label “Lauren Pierce”, Princeton educated Bush Lauren commented: “Obviously my last name is associated with politics. But Pierce is my grandmother’s maiden name and my younger brother’s name. It’s not about downplaying my last name as much as it is about loving Pierce. And my brother is very flattered”. It’s most definitely all in the name. -
Paedophile Stuart Hall guilty
Stuart Hall admits 14 counts of indecent assault
The former It’s A Knockout and BBC Five Live presenter (James) Stuart Hall OBE admitted to being a rapist and paedophile this morning.