Plated X: 15 more of the best plates spotted by readers of ‘The Steeple Times’ (more…)
Tag: Fulham
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Taking The Talisman
Lateral penthouse available to rent in conversion of former Art Deco garage in Fulham for the staggering sum of £6,500 per week
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Jill Dando (1961 – 1999)
Somerset born Jill Dando was the greatly respected presenter of the BBC’s Crimewatch between 1995 and 1999. (more…) -
Website of the Week: MyCloudtag app
MyCloudtag is a training companion that will improve your health and fitness levels (more…)
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Simon Ogilvie-Harris: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times asks the founder and managing director of Chavín Jewellery Simon Ogilvie-Harris: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
I don’t really have a guiding force. I take every day as it comes.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
A very wise man once told me: “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary”.
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John Armstrong
This poet and artist was born in Consett, County Durham and began writing aged just 13 during his time studying at a monastery in Shropshire. Famed for his amazing head of a hair and a regular at the Chelsea Arts Club, amongst Armstrong’s most poignant verses is one from his poem Who Am I in which he states: “I am the thin red line that will not yield, I am that far off corner of a foreign field, I am an Englishman!” -
Reader offer: Free tickets to Comedy Punch
Ten free pairs of tickets to Comedy Punch
Terina Denny, the MC and organiser of the popular Fulham comedy night, Comedy Punch, is offering ten pairs of tickets (worth £14 a pair) to readers of The Steeple Times.
The bi-weekly Wednesday night gigs are held at the Broadway House at Fulham Broadway. Doors open at 6pm and food and drinks are available.
The successful winners of the tickets will be able to attend on their choice from the following dates:
- Wednesday 20th March: Prince Abdi, Tom Hayward and Bryan Lacey.
- Wednesday 3rd April: Rob Hitchmouth, Josephine Lacey and Tom Williams.
- Wednesday 17th April: Don Biswas, Russ Powell and Luke Toulson.
- Wednesday 1st May: Suzy Bennett, Paul Ricketts and Fredrik Anderson.
- Wednesday 15th May: Mark Dolan, Tom Deacon and Jason Patterson.
- Wednesday 29th May: Nick Dixon, Shelley Bridgman and Jimmy James Jones.
To enter, email your contact details to [email protected] before 12 noon on Friday 29th March.
For more details about Comedy Punch go to: http://www.comedypunch.co.uk
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Keep Calm and Get Certified
Is it time for “Keep Calm And…” to “Sod Off And Get Lost”?
Since 2001, whatever the situation and whatever the context, three words, “Keep Calm And…”, can and often have been applied. The rediscovery of what was originally a British wartime propaganda poster in a secondhand bookshop in Alnwick, Northumberland set about this trend and it has continued unabated.
The bookshop’s owners, Stuart and Mary Manley, seized upon their customer’s enthusiasm for “Keep Calm And…” and they, then others, printed it onto clothing, doormats, postcards, mugs and other merchandise. Millions of items featuring the distinctive font and “Tudor” crown have been sold worldwide and a trademark dispute about it commenced in 2011 and continues to this day.
On the Barter Books website is a link to a video giving the story of how such a simple phrase has become so popular. On it the narrator states:
“It’s perhaps the words on the poster that people find most enchanting. Like a voice out of history, it offers a very simple warmhearted message to inspire confidence in others in difficult times and it is something that should never fade from fashion”.
Adaptations naturally followed and amongst the many thousands created, some of the more tolerable ones include:
– Keep Calm Or Drink Wine– Keep Calm You’re Not On The Titanic
– Keep Calm And Smoke Weed
– Keep Korma And Curry On
– Keep Calm And Get Over Yourself
– Keep Calm And Chillax (for David Cameron)
– Keep Calm And Kill Justin Bieber
– Keep Calm And Get Certified
– Keep Calm And F**k Off
– Now Panic And Freak Out
– Change Words And Be Hilarious
Increasingly, though, the overuse of “Keep Calm And…” has resulted in even Stuart Manley stating: “You almost get sick of it… Very few are genuinely funny”. There are hundreds of them and some are more bizarre than others. A selection numbers:
– Keep Calm And Have A Cupcake
– Keep Calm And Farm On
– Keep Quiet And Continue Working
– Keep Calm And Rule Britannia
– Keep Calm And Pass Me The Ball
– Keep Calm And Watch Skins
– Keep Calm And Go Watch The Hunger Games
– Keep Calm And Fake A British Accent
– Keep Calm And Hack On
– Keep Calm And Go Gangnam Style
– Keep Calm And Act Like Kate Middleton
– Calm You Shall Keep
Frankly, the majority of us are now bored. The time has come for reasonable souls to adopt the tone of Victor Meldrew. On sight of another piece of “Keep Calm And…” merchandise, the cry should ring out: “Sod Off And Get Lost”.
Barter Books: http://www.barterbooks.co.uk
Watch the Story of Keep Calm And Carry On at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrHkKXFRbCI&feature=player_embedded
If you must, purchase “Keep Calm” merchandise at: http://www.keepcalmhome.com, http://www.keepcalmstudio.com and http://www.keepcalmandcarryon.com
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Jane Felstead: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times asks “Made in Chelsea’s” Jane Felstead: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
My conscience.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
Revenge is a dish best served cold. (more…)
