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  • Anna Smith

    Anna Smith

    Anna Smith photoFormer Daily Record chief reporter Anna Smith has covered conflicts from Somalia and Rwanda to Kosovo. She was one of the first journalists on the scene after both 9/11 and the Dunblane massacres and now writes crime novels full time. In September 2014, she summed up the feelings of many when she wrote an impassioned plea to her fellow Scots to “vote No for the whole UK”.

  • The madness of Murdoch

    The madness of Murdoch

    Has Rupert Murdoch lost the plot?

     

    Rupert Murdoch has done a lot of strange things lately: This octogenarian met with Nigel Farage last week, is allegedly going to have his papers back Scottish independence and might also get rid of ‘Page 3 Girls’ at The Sun. (more…)

  • Investigating Tulisa

    Investigating Tulisa

    In the wake of the collapse of the Tulisa Contostavlos drugs trial, we examine the merits of investigative journalism

     

    Tulisa Contostavlos declared she’d had a “rollercoaster of a week” after she was convicted of assault in one case yet saw off another after it was thrown out due to the “serious misconduct” on the part of key witnesses for the prosecution. Tonight, the singer will appear in a BBC Three documentary that will “lift the lid” on that trial and provide her with a sounding board to share her thoughts on investigative journalism in general. (more…)

  • American masters

    American masters

    Two works from American galleries on display at Masterpiece

     

    Business on the opening day at Masterpiece 2014 was brisk with one dealership, Symbolic & Chase, selling a 1912 Cartier corsage for in excess of $20 million (£11.75 million). Our friends at Apter-Fredericks, equally, were delighted to sell an important mirror in the first hour and the pair of pagoda top cabinets we featured for a seven figure sum later in the day. (more…)

  • Justice for Brooks

    Justice for Brooks

    Charlie and Rebekah Brooks cleared of all charges

     

    Two years ago, in the bar of a Chelsea restaurant, Charlie Brooks told me that the charges against him and his wife would go away and today he’s been proven right (more…)

  • Felix Dennis (1947 – 2014)

    Felix Dennis (1947 – 2014)

    Felix DennisThis maverick publishing legend and poet founded Dennis Publishing in 1974 and was the first person to say the word “cunt” on live British television in 1970 on David Frost’s The Frost Programme. Born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Felix Dennis was jailed but subsequently acquitted in a trial relating to a sexually explicit Rupert the Bear cartoon strip during his time working at the OZ underground magazine and went on to create great titles such as Maxim and The Week. He planted over 1,000,000 native saplings in his attempt to establish a large native forest in Warwickshire and owned one of the largest collections of original bronze sculptures. Dennis – who was said to be worth in excess of £750 million – famously once spelt Che Guevara’s name wrong and once stated: “Making money is certainly the one addiction I cannot shake”. He is to be “buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in [his] forest with an oak tree planted on [his] head”.

     

  • The new life of Max Clifford

    The new life of Max Clifford

    An insight into the new life of Max Clifford

     

    In a press release sent to The Steeple Times, the author Ian Hitchings has revealed details about disgraced publicist Max Clifford’s new life in Wandsworth Prison.  (more…)

  • Hack off

    Hack off

    Whining “victims” of News Corporation should accept that they are not the voice of the British public

     

    In a letter to Rupert Murdoch, the self-proclaimed “victims” of what they call “unlawful actions of… papers published by a News Corporation company” attack his decision to sign up News UK titles to the Independent Press Standards Organisation – a new self-regulator for the UK press. (more…)

  • Piers’ problem

    Piers’ problem

    Piers Morgan questioned over phone hacking

     

    For too long Operation Weeting has focused on Rebekah Brooks. Now, with the revelation that Piers Morgan has been questioned under caution over alleged phone hacking, Scotland Yard are finally starting to wake up and smell the coffee. (more…)

  • Seizing The Sun

    Seizing The Sun

    James Blunt names a song after ‘The Sun on Sunday’

     

    Coinciding with Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson going on trial, singer James Blunt has recently released a song named Sun on Sunday.

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