Tag: Essex

  • Could Bamber be innocent?

    Could Bamber be innocent?

    Further doubts raised about the conviction of Jeremy Bamber

     

    Jeremy Bamber’s conviction for the 1985 murders of his adopted parents, his sister and her children at White House Farm, Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex is again in question. New evidence has surfaced in a book by Andrew Hunter, a former Conservative MP, that, if proven, would indeed quash the case against Bamber for once and for all. (more…)

  • Jack Monroe (also known as “A Girl Called Jack”)

    Jack Monroe (also known as “A Girl Called Jack”)

    Jack MonroeThis acid tongued blogger describes herself as a “freelance food-and-politics-gob” and responded to one of our articles by stating “I want no association with your s**t”. The Independent are the ones who ought to be ashamed: Why on earth do they choose to be associated with this lentil loving moralising menace?

  • Richard Biddulph: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Richard Biddulph: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with car dealer and Rolls-Royce specialist Richard Biddulph

     

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

    Service, service, service and more service.

     

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

    “Life is not a dress rehearsal” is one choice and my second is: “You never heard a man on his deathbed saying: ‘Gee, I wish I had spent more time at the office’”.

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  • Popping pageants

    Popping pageants

    Parents should steer well clear of child beauty pageants

     

    This morning on Radio 4’s Today programme, a strange woman named Pam Boon was interviewed about beauty pageants featuring children and “pop up pageants” in general. (more…)

  • First past the estate

    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…)

  • Emilia Wickstead

    Emilia Wickstead

    Emilia WicksteadA talented lady with a knack for being in the right place at the right time. When the founder of The Steeple Times first encountered her, Wickstead was a little known fashion designer who was part of a charity fashion event in Chelsea organised by a Russian with a boutique in Essex. This Auckland born designer, however, had actually also studied at Central Saint Martins and went on to become a favourite of Samantha Cameron and The Duchess of Cambridge. She’s never looked back and her path to stardom is secure.

  • Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (born Yasmin Damji)

    Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (born Yasmin Damji)

    Yasmin Alibhai-BrownThis Ugandan-born journalist is a self-confessed racist who loathes “white, middle class men”, yet describes herself as being a “leftie liberal, anti-racist, feminist, Muslim, part-Pakistani, and … a very responsible person”. She believes Osama bin Laden didn’t get a “respectful burial” and asked: “Why does anyone black, Asian or Arab ever vote Tory?” on Twitter in July 2013 before talking about the urinal her husband had “pissed in” at a pub in Loughton, Essex in August of the same year. A true mouthpiece, Alibhai-Brown is just the kind of person no right-minded person would ever invite to dinner.

  • “Where are they now?” – Michael Barrymore

    “Where are they now?” – Michael Barrymore

    What has become of the former entertainer Michael Barrymore?

     

    Shamed television personality Michael Barrymore has reinvented himself. In Prince Charles like fashion, the former Strike it Lucky star has begun a new career talking to plants at a garden centre in Brentwood, Essex.

     

    Michael Barrymore is keeping himself busy working with weedkiller these days
    Michael Barrymore is keeping himself busy working with weedkiller these days

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  • Daniella Westbrook (now also known as Daniella Jenkins)

    Daniella Westbrook (now also known as Daniella Jenkins)

    Daniella Westbrook 550A former Eastenders actress turned born again Christian whose car crash of a life is the envy of no one. She tragically destroyed her nose after wasting at least £250,000 on crack cocaine and even ended up being kidnapped and gang raped because of a drug debt. In 2013, twice married Westbrook announced: “I have given my life to the Lord”. Her story should be a lesson to many.

  • Richard Littlejohn

    Richard Littlejohn

    Richard Littlejohn FIEssex born journalist Richard Littlejohn claims that the Royal Family are a “bunch of tax-evading adulterers” (more…)