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  • Wally of the Week – Sir Cliff Richard

    Wally of the Week – Sir Cliff Richard

    Creepy Christian crooner Sir Cliff Richard demands his music should be given “priority” play ahead of younger artists; he must be the centre of attention, as always, even during the coronavirus lockdown

    He’s previously claimed his calendar sales “leave David Beckham standing” and make Kylie Minogue’s look “meagre,” but Sir Cliff Richard is back to his moaning ways and is bleating about what he considers “the fact” that radio stations are being “unfair” and “snubbing” his music.

     

    According to the Mirror, Sir Cliff went on the ‘Greatest Music of All Time’ podcast and “blasted” the BBC for their “model of broadcasting music to niche audiences.” He also, in sage-like fashion, pointed out: “We’re all dying. Long-term fans may not be with us anymore.”

     

    “Why will people download a record of mine if they don’t know it’s out?” complained the crackpot crooner before adding: “Those among us who have proved ourselves over and over and over again should be given a priority chance. That should happen even if it’s to say: ‘We’re going to play this record once a day for two weeks.’”

     

    Speaking to The Steeple Times, a millennial remarked: “I can’t see why this pensioner’s beats should be played at all. He’s definitely held together with Botox and actually, I’m surprised he isn’t like his music – dead already.”

     

    Rise Up, the 79-year-old’s 2019 car-wreck album, had “little or no airplay on most radio stations,” the Mirror concluded. Given how God-awful it is, that’s probably the real reason; now, Sir Cliff, please, get back to crying on your kitchen floor.

     

    Pictured top: Sir Cliff Richard OBE with his ‘friend,’ the convicted paedophile Rolf Harris.

     

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  • Creepy Cliff

    Creepy Cliff

    Christian crooner Cliff Richard yet again gets given a platform to spin a yarn (or fifteen) on ‘Loose Women’ – how utterly gross

     

    On Tuesday, Cliff Richard announced “he would rather ten sex offenders escape than one innocent man suffer” on that pillar of revoltingness that is ITV1’s Loose Women.

     

    “Outrage” rightly ensued amongst viewers according to the Mirror, but that this strange victim of the surgeon’s knife was allowed half an hour of airtime on a prime daytime channel is quite beyond ludicrous.

     

    Creepy Cliff – Cliff Richard given another Loose Women platform; yuck – Christian crooner Cliff Richard yet again gets given a platform to spin a yarn (or fifteen) on ‘Loose Women’ – how utterly gross.
    After the popstar made his comments about sex offender’s ITV1 strangely chose to briefly interrupt the show; we wonder why

     

    Aside from using airtime to bang on about his “next chapter” and promote his inglorious new album (the on-air performance was vomit inducing), this stranger-than-strange individual went on about his apologist ‘bestie’ Gloria Hunniford (on air to toadily support him; ‘Glo-ing Me, Glo-ing You’) “wheeling him onto the stage at the Albert Hall.” He then played a ‘game’ with her.

     

    During ‘Sir Cliff and Gloria test their friendship,’ each was asked to sum up their friendship in three words. He used six: “She is fab, she is mad” whilst the Northern Irish busybody got even more carried away. Her description? “He is a fab-u-lous friend.” Truly ghastly.

     

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    Creepy Cliff – Cliff Richard given another Loose Women platform; yuck – Christian crooner Cliff Richard yet again gets given a platform to spin a yarn (or fifteen) on ‘Loose Women’ – how utterly gross. Creepy Cliff – Cliff Richard given another Loose Women platform; yuck – Christian crooner Cliff Richard yet again gets given a platform to spin a yarn (or fifteen) on ‘Loose Women’ – how utterly gross. Creepy Cliff – Cliff Richard given another Loose Women platform; yuck – Christian crooner Cliff Richard yet again gets given a platform to spin a yarn (or fifteen) on ‘Loose Women’ – how utterly gross. Creepy Cliff – Cliff Richard given another Loose Women platform; yuck – Christian crooner Cliff Richard yet again gets given a platform to spin a yarn (or fifteen) on ‘Loose Women’ – how utterly gross. Creepy Cliff – Cliff Richard given another Loose Women platform; yuck – Christian crooner Cliff Richard yet again gets given a platform to spin a yarn (or fifteen) on ‘Loose Women’ – how utterly gross. Creepy Cliff – Cliff Richard given another Loose Women platform; yuck – Christian crooner Cliff Richard yet again gets given a platform to spin a yarn (or fifteen) on ‘Loose Women’ – how utterly gross. Creepy Cliff – Cliff Richard given another Loose Women platform; yuck – Christian crooner Cliff Richard yet again gets given a platform to spin a yarn (or fifteen) on ‘Loose Women’ – how utterly gross. Creepy Cliff – Cliff Richard given another Loose Women platform; yuck – Christian crooner Cliff Richard yet again gets given a platform to spin a yarn (or fifteen) on ‘Loose Women’ – how utterly gross.

  • Hero of the Hour – Stormzy

    Hero of the Hour – Stormzy

    Grime and hip hop artist Stormzy should be saluted for using his fame to do good; the vile harpy Amanda Platell owes him an apology

     

    Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. – better known by his stage name Stormzy – used his fifteen minutes of fame after winning the best album and the best male artist at the Brit Awards for the good of others.

     

    Using the evening’s final performance, the grime and hip-hop artist rapped:

     

    “Yo Theresa May, where’s the money for Grenfell? What, you thought we just forgot about Grenfell? You criminals, and you’ve got the cheek to call us savages, you should do some jail time, you should pay some damages, you should burn your house down and see if you can manage this.”

     

    He added:

     

    “MPs sniff coke, we just smoke some cannabis; So don’t get me for this, so be woke; This year I am dishing out Ls for free smoke; You tell us that we’re thugs, I try to bust a myth; But someone tell the Daily Mail that they can suck my…”

     

    The opposite of the cowardly and self-loving members of ‘The Club’ that includes the likes of the withering old crooner Sir Elton John and his moaning titleless husband David Furnish, Stormzy has since continued to communicate his campaign in the days since. Communicating to his 1.18 million followers on Twitter, he encouraged the nation to sign a petition to take action to support the victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and as of 11:50am Saturday over 130,000 people had signed a petition calling for a parliamentary debate.

     

    Elsewhere on Saturday in the Daily Mail, the acid tongued Australian harpy Amanda Platell demanded: “[Stormzy] show a scintilla of gratitude to the country that offered his mother and him so much instead of trashing it.” This self-declared “dear friend” of the paedophile Rolf Harris should be ashamed of herself; Stormzy has used his fame for the good others whilst she is simply known for taking the dirty money of the nastiest newspaper in Britain.

     

    Sign the petition to “Call on PM to take action to build public trust in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry” by clicking here.

     

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    The government’s cowardly response in full to the petition follows:

     

    The Grenfell Tower fire was a truly unimaginable tragedy that should never have happened.

     

    The Government’s highest priority remains making sure that survivors, bereaved families and the wider Grenfell community receive all the support they need.

     

    The independent public Inquiry into the fire is an important part of the process and will help those affected get the answers they need to get to the truth of what happened.

     

    The Prime Minister committed to considering the issue of panel members once the Chair had confirmed who had been appointed as assessors to assist the Inquiry. Section 7 of the Inquiries Act 2005 allows the Minister responsible for an inquiry to appoint further panel members during the course of an inquiry with the agreement of the Chair.

     

    In October 2017, the Chair announced the appointment of 7 expert witnesses with backgrounds in fire safety, forensic fire analysis, fire engineering, disaster resilience and also anatomy and human identification. The expert witnesses will provide a range of technical advice and expert reports to assist the work of the Inquiry in delivering its terms of reference.

     

    In addition, in November 2017, the Chair announced the appointment of 3 assessors with backgrounds in community engagement and social housing, local authority administration and structural engineering. The Chair also confirmed at the Inquiry’s preliminary hearing in September that he would expect the assessors to see all the evidence and sit with him when taking oral evidence. The Chair has also confirmed that he may make further appointments if needed.


    Following the announcement of these appointments, the Prime Minister carefully considered the composition of the Inquiry panel in light of the diversity and expertise of advice now available to the Inquiry.

     

    The Prime Minister wrote to the representatives of the survivors and bereaved families on 21 December 2017 and informed them of her decision not to appoint additional panel members. The Prime Minister’s decision was similarly communicated to the Inquiry on the same date.

     

    Having regard to the terms of reference and the assistance to be provided by the assessors, and the expert witnesses, it is the Prime Minister’s view that the Inquiry panel has the necessary expertise to undertake the Inquiry as it is currently constituted. The Prime Minister is also conscious of the need for the Inquiry to complete its initial report as quickly as reasonably possible. The Prime Minister therefore considers that additional panel members should not be appointed at this stage.

     

    In reaching this conclusion, the Prime Minister fully took into account her duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 (the Public Sector Equality Duty – PSED).

     

    The Government recognises the importance of ensuring that those most affected by the tragedy are able to contribute fully to the Inquiry and that is why the Prime Minister welcomes the consideration being given by Sir Martin Moore-Bick to the establishment of a community advisory panel, as proposed at the December procedural hearing.

     

    Such a panel, similar to that which has worked well for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, could play a very beneficial role in putting those most affected at the heart of the Inquiry and enabling them to ensure that their views and experiences are heard. It is for Sir Martin, as Chair of the independent Inquiry, to take this forward, in consultation with the Grenfell Tower community, and the Government hopes that he will be able to do this as soon as possible.

     

    In line with the Inquiry Rules 2006, legal representatives of the Grenfell community core participants will receive in advance of hearings disclosure of relevant evidence; will be able to make opening and closing statements at certain hearings and can suggest lines of questioning to be pursued by Counsel to the Inquiry. They can also apply to the Chair to ask questions of a witness.

     

  • Martin Gets Madder

    Martin Gets Madder

    Convicted former pharmaceuticals executive Martin Shkreli offers a bounty for Hillary Clinton’s hair and threatens to smash up a £1.5 million work by the Wu-Tang Clan

     

    Martin Shkreli is getting madder and madder. Convicted of securities fraud in August and awaiting sentencing, the troubled former drug company executive took to Facebook on 4th September to offer a bounty of £3,800 ($5,000, €4,200 or درهم18,400) per lock of Hillary Clinton’s hair obtained and is also attempting to auction or destroy the one and only copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album on eBay for £1.5 million ($2 million, €1.7 million or درهم7.3 million).

     

    After 324 bids, the Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon A Time In Shaolin album – which Shkreli purchased, he claims, “as a gift to the Wu-Tang Clan for their tremendous musical output. Instead I received scorn from at least one of their (least-intelligent) members, and the world at large failed to see my purpose of putting a serious value behind music” – has already reached a price of just over £759,000 ($1 million, €832,000 or درهم3.7 million).

     

    Accompanying the eBay listing, Shkreli brashly adds:

     

    “At any time I may cancel this sale and I may even break this album in frustration. I will donate half of the sale proceeds to medical research. I am not selling to raise cash–my companies and I have record amounts of cash on hand. I hope someone with a bigger heart for music can be found for this one-of-a-kind piece and makes it available for the world to hear.”

     

    Both the Wu-Tang Clan and Hillary Clinton stunts may backfire. Last Thursday, prosecutors told a court in New York: “[Shkreli is engaged in a] pattern of threats and harassment” and sought for his bail to be revoked. In response, Benjamin Brafman for Shkreli, commented:

     

    “We take the matter seriously and intend to address the issue responsibly… However inappropriate some of Mr Shkreli’s postings may have been, we do not believe that he intended harm and do not believe that he poses a danger to the community.”

     

    Other assets in the multi-millionaire’s possession are said to include a Picasso and an original ‘Enigma’ machine from the Second World War. We jolly well hope he doesn’t threaten to smash them up too.

     

  • A Kinky Car

    A Kinky Car

    1960 Bentley S2 currently owned by musician Sir Ray Davies to be auctioned; he wrote the hit song ‘Apeman’ on its back seat

     

    A 1960 Bentley S2 owned but rarely used by Sir Ray Davies CBE – best known for hits with The Kinks that included You Really Got Me and All Day and All of the Night – is to be sold at auction in May.

     

    Presented in unrestored condition after having been left in storage since 1991, the 6.2-litre car was purchased by the musician in 1970 and previously belonged to George Greenfield – agent to Enid Blyton, John le Carré, Sir Francis Chichester, Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE, Sir Rex Harrison, Sir Stirling Moss and David Niven.

     

    Of the black with red leather interior car, the musician once remarked:

     

    After success the success of ‘Lola’ I was persuaded by my family to invest in a big car, which was unusual for me because I did not drive. However, I succumbed to the pressure and purchased a second-hand Bentley from Hadleigh Green Garage in Barnet… My (then) wife drove it on my behalf because as I previously mentioned I was unable to drive.


    We lived in a little semi in Muswell Hill and the neighbours were in shock and awe when they saw this huge black Bentley drive up along the narrow shingle path to the house. We subsequently went on a family holiday in the Bentley to Cornwall. While on our holiday in Mullion I sat in the back seat of the Bentley and wrote a follow up to Lola called ‘Apeman’ on the Spanish guitar which I carried in the back.


    The Kinks used it in a photo shoot for the ‘Preservation’ album and it still exists in some old black and white footage of us posing as gangsters outside KONK studios.


    When I moved to Surrey in the 1970s the car came down with me, I still could not drive and I was forty-four before I tried for my licence. It was occasionally taken out for special events like weddings and family outings. The Kinks took it on the road in England but the fans started writing on the car with lipstick and our (then) manager Ken Jones promptly retired my car to the garage.

     

    Silverstone Auctions have placed an estimate of £25,000 to £30,000 ($32,000 to $39,000, €29,000 to €35,000 or درهم118,000 to درهم142,000) on the vehicle. They will sell it at Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire on 13th May.

     

    Of the classic car, Arwel Richards of Silverstone Auctions told ClassicCars.com: “It is rare to auction a car direct from rock royalty, and this Bentley offers an incredible opportunity for rock ‘n roll fans and Bentley aficionados alike”.

     

    A Kinky Car – Sir Ray Davies owned 1960 Bentley S2 to be auctioned by Silverstone Auctions at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire on 13th May 2017 with an estimate of £25,000 to £30,000 ($32,000 to $39,000, €29,000 to €35,000 or درهم118,000) – Previously owned by literary agent George GreenfieldA Kinky Car – Sir Ray Davies owned 1960 Bentley S2 to be auctioned by Silverstone Auctions at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire on 13th May 2017 with an estimate of £25,000 to £30,000 ($32,000 to $39,000, €29,000 to €35,000 or درهم118,000) – Previously owned by literary agent George GreenfieldA Kinky Car – Sir Ray Davies owned 1960 Bentley S2 to be auctioned by Silverstone Auctions at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire on 13th May 2017 with an estimate of £25,000 to £30,000 ($32,000 to $39,000, €29,000 to €35,000 or درهم118,000) – Previously owned by literary agent George GreenfieldA Kinky Car – Sir Ray Davies owned 1960 Bentley S2 to be auctioned by Silverstone Auctions at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire on 13th May 2017 with an estimate of £25,000 to £30,000 ($32,000 to $39,000, €29,000 to €35,000 or درهم118,000) – Previously owned by literary agent George GreenfieldA Kinky Car – Sir Ray Davies owned 1960 Bentley S2 to be auctioned by Silverstone Auctions at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire on 13th May 2017 with an estimate of £25,000 to £30,000 ($32,000 to $39,000, €29,000 to €35,000 or درهم118,000) – Previously owned by literary agent George GreenfieldA Kinky Car – Sir Ray Davies owned 1960 Bentley S2 to be auctioned by Silverstone Auctions at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire on 13th May 2017 with an estimate of £25,000 to £30,000 ($32,000 to $39,000, €29,000 to €35,000 or درهم118,000) – Previously owned by literary agent George GreenfieldA Kinky Car – Sir Ray Davies owned 1960 Bentley S2 to be auctioned by Silverstone Auctions at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire on 13th May 2017 with an estimate of £25,000 to £30,000 ($32,000 to $39,000, €29,000 to €35,000 or درهم118,000) – Previously owned by literary agent George GreenfieldA Kinky Car – Sir Ray Davies owned 1960 Bentley S2 to be auctioned by Silverstone Auctions at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire on 13th May 2017 with an estimate of £25,000 to £30,000 ($32,000 to $39,000, €29,000 to €35,000 or درهم118,000) – Previously owned by literary agent George GreenfieldA Kinky Car – Sir Ray Davies owned 1960 Bentley S2 to be auctioned by Silverstone Auctions at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire on 13th May 2017 with an estimate of £25,000 to £30,000 ($32,000 to $39,000, €29,000 to €35,000 or درهم118,000) – Previously owned by literary agent George Greenfield

  • Marshalling a dollar

    Marshalling a dollar

    Eminem’s childhood home for sale for just $1

     

    Owned by his mother Debbie Mathers – also known as Debbie Nelson – between 1987 and 1994, the rapper Eminem’s former home in Detroit is for sale with a starting price of just $1. (more…)

  • Let It Go

    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…)

  • Jersey Budd: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Jersey Budd: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    The Steeple Times asks singer-songwriter Jersey Budd: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

     

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

    Music, love and happiness.

     

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

    “Learn your lines and turn up”.

     

    Kerry Katona was considered unacceptable in 2007. Who or what is unacceptable in 2013?

    I’d still say Kerry Katona. She will always be unacceptable and the little fella from North Korea is also unacceptable.

     

    Tony Blair misses being Prime Minister. What do you miss most in your life?

    My lovely nan, Madge Spreckley.

     

    What might you swap all your wealth for?

    I’d swap anything to be wealthy.

     

    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?

    Keep all your money under the mattress and never trust anyone in a pin-striped suit.

     

    What phrase or word do you most loathe?

    ‘LOL’: There is no need for it in society.

     

    In the UK, some people consider charity to “begin at home”. What’s your view and what causes do you personally support?

    I support a load of charities and will always continue to do so. It’s amazing as an artist to do all I can for them. I’m involved with Support Our Forces, Wishes For Kids, Teenage Cancer Trust and two local charities close to my heart The Joe Humphries Memorial Trust and ADAPT.

     

    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?

    They are incredibly handy but I love the old days of sending letters and postcards. I think there is no romance in sending a text. But they should never be used to blow anyone up.

     

    Singer-songwriter Jersey Budd
    Singer-songwriter Jersey Budd

     

    If you could fill a carriage on The Orient Express, who would be your fellow passengers?

    My fiancée, Elvis, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Chaz and Dave, Muhammed Ali and Einstein.

     

    If you were unfortunate enough to end up on death row, what would be your last meal and where would you eat it?

    I’d have a bacon sandwich and I’d eat it on the run.

     

    What time is it acceptable to consume the first drink of the day?

    Anytime is acceptable. You have to listen to your palate.

     

    A Negroni, a martini or a cup of tea?

    A cup of tea.

     

    Whose parties do you enjoy the most and why?

    The Dancing Landlord parties at the Bulls Head in Countesthorpe, Leicester.

     

    Who is the most positive person you know?

    Kayleigh Ball, my fiancée.

     

    What’s your most guilty pleasure?

    Take That.

     

    If a tattoo were to sum you up, what would it be of?

    A lamp.

     

    If you were a car, what marque would you be?

    A Toyota Corolla 1.6CD in navy blue.

     

    Cilla Black presented Surprise, Surprise. Tell us the most surprising thing about you.

    I once won a fancy dressed competition at primary school dressed as Mr Blobby.

     

    What’s currently sitting on your mantelpiece?

    Car keys, a picture of me and the missus, a clock, a silver Buddha and several silver mushrooms.

     

    Jersey Budd is a singer-songwriter who launched his first album in 2008. His new EP, Down To The Wire, is out on 20th May 2013.

     

    View Jersey Budd’s official website at: http://www.jerseybudd.com

     

    Follow him on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/jerseybudd

  • New openings in SW3

    New openings in SW3

    Forthcoming restaurant openings in Chelsea

     

    The restaurant business is a transient place and it seems no more so than in Chelsea.

     

    Places come and go here and though there are a number of mainstays that have lasted for a considerable length of time, some last barely even two years. Beauchamp Place, commonly known to many as “bankrupt alley” is a prime example and despite rave reviews, venues such as Galoupet lasted less than a year. Equally, Farhad Farman-Farmaian’s Beauchamp Club, lauded as a rival to Annabel’s by Vanity Fair and W Magazine, is now empty and elsewhere on Sydney Street, Frankie Dettori’s Sette has now become Marco Pierre White’s Sydney Street Grill.

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  • Justin Bieber

    Justin Bieber

    Justin BieberThis Canadian pop musician rose from poverty to become an international sensation with huge amounts of power over his “Beliebers”. Now wealthy beyond comprehension, this Fisker driving youngster is turning into an arrogant, aggressive brat who fails to turn up to concerts on time and gets aggressive with photographers. “Racks of servers are devoted to Bieber” by Twitter as he acquires one new follower a second and the website Klout suggests he has a higher online influence than Barrack Obama and The Dalai Lama. If he doesn’t sort himself out, this “teen heartthrob” could quite predictably go the same way as Lindsay Lohan.