Tag: London

  • Making a new bed to lie in

    Making a new bed to lie in

    Charles Saatchi to sell a bed by Tracey Emin

     

    Charles Saatchi’s ex-wife to be Nigella Lawson recently moved out of their marital home in Shawfield Street, Chelsea. Now, with the sale of a four poster bed by Tracey Emin, he’s chucking out another set of linen. (more…)

  • Bigots attack Baroness

    Bigots attack Baroness

    Trolls complain about Doreen Lawrence’s elevation to the peerage

     

    Yesterday, we added the newly ennobled Baroness Lawrence OBE to our roll call of campaigners. Today, we’ve been inundated by tweets from those who disapprove of this move. (more…)

  • Baroness Doreen Lawrence OBE

    Baroness Doreen Lawrence OBE

    Baroness LawrenceThe Jamaican mother of Stephen Lawrence, who was tragically murdered in a racist incident in 1993, has done huge amounts of community work in her son’s name since. A tireless campaigner for justice, Baroness Lawrence became a Labour peer in July 2013 and was also a guest on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs in June 2012.

  • Ben Goldsmith: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Ben Goldsmith: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with leading clean technology investor Ben Goldsmith

     

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

    My love of the natural world.

     

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

    “Behold the turtle. He sticks his neck out”.

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  • Out blue

    Out blue

    Chelsea’s Conservative Club closed and up for rent

     

    Someone once said if they put up a pig with a blue rosette as the candidate in Kensington and Chelsea, it would win. This might now be in question given that the bastion of Conservatism that was the Chelsea Conservative Club is closed, up for rent and looking decidedly forlorn. (more…)

  • The law's a pigeon

    The law's a pigeon

    Pigeons, cats and bicycles don’t necessarily make for the best of friends

     

    The Telegraph’s ‘Mandrake’ and the Mail Online both reported yesterday that Ben Goldsmith could be prosecuted after colliding with a pigeon whilst on his bicycle in Glasshouse Street, close to London’s Piccadilly Circus. (more…)

  • The law’s a pigeon

    The law’s a pigeon

    Pigeons, cats and bicycles don’t necessarily make for the best of friends

     

    The Telegraph’s ‘Mandrake’ and the Mail Online both reported yesterday that Ben Goldsmith could be prosecuted after colliding with a pigeon whilst on his bicycle in Glasshouse Street, close to London’s Piccadilly Circus. (more…)

  • Marcus Schelbert: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Marcus Schelbert: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with Marcus Schelbert, food and beverage duty manager of Belgraves – A Thompson Hotel

     

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

    My friends, my family and my passion for my work, drinks and food.

     

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

    “Don’t talk, just do it as it could be the last day of your life”.

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  • Sussing out the shisha

    Sussing out the shisha

    Jessica Naylor reviews eShisha’s range of sisha sticks

     

    ‘Shisha Pens’ are taking London by storm. With no nicotine, tar or tobacco, these 100% water vapour based ‘shisha sticks’ have fast become this summer’s most sought after accessory and in my view eShisha are the best out there. (more…)

  • Moving on: July 2013

    Moving on: July 2013

    A round up of the moves of the newsworthy

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