Tag: friends

  • Far from a mainstay

    Far from a mainstay

    A review of Princi in Soho

     

    Alan Yau OBE is a restaurateur who opts to have bouncers outside his restaurants. On Tuesday evening in the company of two foodie friends, I had the misfortune as to learn why. (more…)

  • Ana de la Vega: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Ana de la Vega: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with flautist Ana de la Vega

     

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

    Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore, non feci mai male ad anima viva – which for non-Puccini buffs means: “I lived for my art, I lived for love, I never did harm to a living soul”.

     

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

    “I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom”. (more…)

  • Max Sali: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Max Sali: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with restaurateur Max Sali of Pimlico Road’s Tinello

     

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

    It’s always been the dream of my brother and I to have a restaurant. Being understanding of customers is our guiding force.

     

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

    My father said I should never talk about football, women and politics. They are taken rather personally.

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  • Byron Bradshaw: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Byron Bradshaw: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with New York based fashion entrepreneur Byron Bradshaw

     

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

    You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

     

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

    I’d rather be dead than boring.

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  • Pom Harrington: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Pom Harrington: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with Pom Harrington of leading rare book dealers Peter Harrington

     

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

    Integrity.

     

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

    Do judge a book by its cover.

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  • Natasha Devon: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Natasha Devon: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with writer, television personality and co-founder of Body Gossip Natasha Devon

     

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

    I’m driven by a desire to make everything fair (and to silence the people who would have us believe that injustice can be explained by that irritating platitude – “life’s not fair”).

     

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

    I nicked one from Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself, everyone else is taken”.

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  • William Seth-Smith: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    William Seth-Smith: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with Xero Vodka founder William Seth-Smith

     

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

    I try never to turn down adventure for the sake of easy apathy.

     

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

    Those that mind don’t matter and those than matter don’t mind.

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  • Henry Pryor: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Henry Pryor: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with property market expert Henry Pryor

     

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

    “Cheering the underdog”.

     

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

    “There are only two types of ‘expert’ when it comes to predicting house prices – those who don’t know and those who don’t know they don’t know”.

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  • Tatiana von Saxe Wilson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Tatiana von Saxe Wilson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with founder of The People’s Book Prize Tatiana von Saxe Wilson

     

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

    Pursuit and success.

     

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

    “Make the best better”.

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  • Alan Mendoza: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Alan Mendoza: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with executive director of The Henry Jackson Society Dr. Alan Mendoza

     

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

    Stretching the boundaries of the possible.

     

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

    “Incompetent until proven competent”.

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