The Steeple Times asks writer, poet and photographer Amanda Eliasch: “What’s on your mantelpiece?” (more…)
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Website of the Week: Proper Kid Problems
American lifestyle website Proper Kid Problems is a sartorial zeitgeist
We’ve previously featured a British website that celebrates red trouser wearing sorts and now we make an American sartorial zeitgeist our Website of the Week. (more…)
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Roald Dahl: Literary hero
James Murphy lauds Roald Dahl as a literary hero
My last article focused on Ian Fleming and Roald Dahl provides a natural sequel. Like Fleming, Dahl’s work continues to film and television from beyond his grave. (more…)
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Magnificent Mary
Matthew Steeples commends Mary Beard for her forgiving manner towards those who troll her on Twitter (more…)
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Dean and J. Bradley Tramer: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times asks Dean and J. Bradley Tramer of lifestyle website Proper Kid Problems: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
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Trashy Tulisa
As singer Tulisa hits out at her conviction for assault, we urge her instead to learn to respect the justice system
Tulisa Contostavlos is best known for trashy tracks about “living on the edge of life” and has also sung lines such as: “Forgive us for what we’ve done, cause we young, we young, we young”. Today, though, this lippy singer didn’t show any desire to express remorse for her conviction for the assault of a blogger and instead angrily expressed her “outrage” outside Stratford Magistrates’ Court. (more…)
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The Devil tweets
Should prisoners like Giovanni Di Stefano be allowed access to social media?
Convicted conman Giovanni Di Stefano is in jail for 14 years for committing a £3 million fraud yet today we purportedly received a tweet from him. (more…)
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Colin Lynch: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
20 questions with Paralympic cyclist Colin Lynch
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
I’m a fiercely competitive person. Many people find it annoying actually. From the need to always be right, to the desire to win and prove myself better than my competition, I always like to push myself to my limits.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
“Pain today means glory tomorrow”. Fairly basic really: Work hard now and racing (and winning) will come easier. The hard work you do today will make the harder work of racing seem easier.
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Monroe mucks up in Manchester
As Jack Monroe speaks at a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference, she continues to rant and again makes an utter fool of herself
Is there anything that “food-and-politics-gob” Jack Monroe can do gracefully? It seems not. Today, she’s speaking at the Conservative Party conference at a fringe meeting on food banks and, naturally, this foul mouthed freelance writer had to use the run-up to the occasion to let out a rant. (more…)
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Bedding down
Sarah Tucker recounts an interview with Sir David Frost
I was once lucky enough to interview Sir David Frost. He was one of my interviewees for a show I devised for Sky called Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed? Others in the series included Lord Menuhin and Anita Roddick. (more…)