To her 3,000 followers on Twitter this malicious media megamouth is just a “Geordie columnist” who came tenth in Celebrity Big Brother in 2007. (more…)
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Carole Malone
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Where is David Cameron?
Matthew Steeples suggests that David Cameron needs to show his hand
Yesterday, David Cameron attended the wedding of his wife’s half-brother, Jake Astor. Unlike others, we have no problem with that but at a time when Isis have beheaded a British hostage and when the Union teeters on a knife-edge, many have called for him to reassess his priorities. (more…)
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The right decision
It is right that Oscar Pistorius has been convicted of culpable homicide
This morning Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide – the South African equivalent of the UK’s manslaughter charge – and one charge relating to a restaurant shooting. That he showed no emotion as he was convicted is telling. (more…)
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Barbara Hulanicki OBE
This Polish born, British raised fashion icon described herself as “a natural feminist” in a 2014 interview with The Observer. As the co-founder of BIBA with her late husband, Stephen Fitz-Simon (AKA “Fitz”), Barbara Hulanicki revolutionised design and her followers included Brigitte Bardot, Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Marianne Faithful. She only closed her store once – for Princess Anne – and has designed hotels for Ronnie Wood and Chris Blackwell of Island Records. Hulanicki’s diplomat father was murdered by a Zionist extremist group in 1940 and more recently she stated: “Now whenever I finish something I take some photographs and say ‘goodbye’. When you lose everything, you realise that the only thing you have is what’s in your head”. -
Roald Dahl: Literary hero
James Murphy lauds Roald Dahl as a literary hero
My last article focused on Ian Fleming and Roald Dahl provides a natural sequel. Like Fleming, Dahl’s work continues to film and television from beyond his grave. (more…)
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Charlie Parsons: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times asks the renowned British television producer Charlie Parsons: “What’s on your mantelpiece?” (more…)
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James Foley: A decent man
The last letter from journalist James Foley
Executed hostage James Foley devised a way of communicating with his family during his captivity. He dictated a letter to a fellow hostage about to be released. On Sunday, his family released the text of it on the Facebook page “Find James Foley”. (more…)
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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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Wally of the Week: Mick Philpott
Child killer Mick Philpott may get his just deserts for bragging about receiving free false teeth on the NHS
Mick Philpott is a man who should only be remembered as a monster who burnt 6 of his 17 children to death in a house fire. Instead, now this evil creature is back in the press after receiving a full set of false teeth on the NHS. (more…)
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Oscar, tango, out
Arrogant Oscar Pistorius shows his true character yet again
Revelations that Oscar Pistorius was both in a fight in a Johannesburg nightclub last weekend and that he returned to Twitter to share his bizarre religious references sum up how arrogant this individual truly is. (more…)