Tag: followers

  • Overheard: 1st September

    Overheard: 1st September

    Classic clangers from the last week
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  • Magnificent Mary

    Magnificent Mary

    Matthew Steeples commends Mary Beard for her forgiving manner towards those who troll her on Twitter (more…)

  • Dean and J. Bradley Tramer: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    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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  • Becoming a ‘JewBu’

    Becoming a ‘JewBu’

    Lapo Elkann redefines himself

     

    In recent days the former socialite and Fiat heir Lapo Elkann has redefined himself as a ‘JewBu’ or Jewish Buddhist. (more…)

  • Twitter’s gone One Direction

    Twitter’s gone One Direction

    One Direction have more influence on UK Twitter users than David Cameron, Stephen Fry and Piers Morgan

     

    Piers Morgan’s public spat with Jeremy Clarkson has made headlines in recent days, but according to research by PeerIndex, the chat show host is ahead of the automotive expert in terms of his influence on British users of Twitter. (more…)

  • Mapping anarchy

    Mapping anarchy

    Anarchists issue a map of the corporations, individuals and places in Central London that they view to be the “hiding places of power”

     

    “Activists and agitators” Stop G8 UK have published a map of those they think should be targeted in London’s West End.

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  • Plated

    Plated

    30 of the best number plates sighted by Matthew Steeples

     

    Our readers and followers love the number plates spotted by our editor Matthew Steeples.

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  • Though Sally may be silly, it’s the case against her that is stupid

    Though Sally may be silly, it’s the case against her that is stupid

    The reasoning for Lord McAlpine’s libel action against Sally Bercow just does not stack up

     

    Sally Bercow, the speaker’s wife, is a loudmouth. We don’t dispute that. There’s little she won’t say or do to keep herself in the public eye and whether draped in nothing other than a sheet in the Palace of Westminster or fooling around in the Celebrity Big Brother house, she comes across as a bit of a fool.

     

    The current libel action against Mrs Bercow, though, just doesn’t make sense. It is an overreaction on the part of Lord McAlpine and rather reminds us of the case of Oscar Wilde and the Marquess of Queensberry.

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  • Christophe Choo: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Christophe Choo: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    The Steeple Times asks realtor and television personality Christophe Choo: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

     

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

    That’s a great question. The first thing that comes to mind are the joys and wonderful things in my life: my family & friends and those who guide me in do what I do.

     

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

    “Proper everything and everyone now” and “do the right thing”.

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