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  • Felicity Kendal CBE

    Felicity Kendal CBE

    Felicity KendalThis stunning actress has been known to have both lunch and dinner at La Brasserie in South Kensington on the same day and is best known for playing Barbara Good in The Good Life. Warwickshire born, twice divorced and a convert from Catholicism to Judaism, Kendal’s dream dinner party would include Byron, Gandhi, Eddie Izzard and George Bernard Shaw. She was voted one of the “100 sexiest women in the world” by FHM Magazine in 1995 and once stated: “I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I’m 70, like my mother did”. She loves a martini.

  • Zédel’s crowning glory

    Zédel’s crowning glory

    Wear a crown to Brasserie Zédel on the 6th January and get a free meal on the house

     

    Both most worthily awarded OBE’s in the New Year Honours List, Chris Corbin and Jeremy King would appear towards the top of any list of the best restaurateurs in London. Always innovative and true trendsetters, with their latest promotion at Brasserie Zédel, this fine duo have come up with another clever marketing idea. (more…)

  • Naff off

    Naff off

    Central London is losing its character

     

    A house in Pelham Street for £105 million, Tamara Ecclestone spends £1 million on a bathtub and Made in Chelsea’s Spencer Matthews racks up a bar bill of £450,000. These are all headlines we’ve featured recently that illustrate the nonsensical world that has become The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Mayfair and Belgravia. (more…)

  • Angela and Dave Dawes

    Angela and Dave Dawes

    Dave and Angela DawesThey may have got lucky on the EuroMillions when they won £101 million, but didn’t have much luck after. Mrs Dawes sadly got cancer, the couple fell victim to a hoax email scam and though they moved from a scruffy £70 per week rented flat in Wisbech to a flat in Chelsea Harbour to be close to Mr Dawes’ beloved Chelsea Football Club, their marriage ended in tears and an ex-husband came out of the woodwork to reveal a tale of debts and a disowned son. Mr Dawes rather appropriately has “HATE” tattooed on his knuckles. What a pair.

  • The Rt. Hon. Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller DCB

    The Rt. Hon. Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller DCB

    Dame Eliza Manningham-BullerThe head of MI5 between 2002 and 2007 was once nearly thrown out of a pub after being mistaken for a prostitute whilst training to be a spy. In December 2013, Manningham-Buller guest presented Radio 4’s Today programme and interviewed an the actress who has played her fictional counterpart, Dame Judi Dench. Northampton born and the daughter of Viscount Dilhorne, the surname of this expert intelligence analyst’s husband has only ever been revealed as “David”. Spooky.

  • A tribute to the King of Gin

    A tribute to the King of Gin

    Our tribute to Martin Miller

     

    We learnt yesterday via Facebook that the founder of Martin Miller’s Gin and Miller’s Antiques Guides, Martin Miller, had died. Like many others, we were shocked and astounded by this terrible news. (more…)

  • Cyrus Mahboubian: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Cyrus Mahboubian: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with photographer Cyrus Mahboubian

     

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

    Artistic pursuits take up most of my time.

     

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

    I think the ethic of reciprocity “do unto others as you would have them do to you” is a good way to live.

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  • Iqbal Latif: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Iqbal Latif: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with businessman Iqbal Latif

     

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

    Unlearning the old and relearning the new.

     

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

    “Be an integral part of rising global consciousness”. Seven billion connected minds in this age of connectivity will be a force to reckon with.

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  • Merry Christmas from ‘The Steeple Times’

    Merry Christmas from ‘The Steeple Times’

    Wishing our readers a very Merry Christmas

     

    As we all head home for the holidays, may we take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. We’ve had a busy year at The Steeple Times and below we highlight some of our favourite stories as a collage. (more…)

  • Franck Laverdin

    Franck Laverdin

    Fracnk LaverdinThis personable art dealer is president of Galerie Dumonteil and a jetsetter who travels between galleries in Paris, New York and Shanghai. In London annually for Masterpiece, Laverdin is a host par excellence and one of the most connected gentlemen to be found on the international arts scene.