The Steeple Times

Tag: Prime Minister

  • Natasha Devon: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Natasha Devon: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with writer, television personality and co-founder of Body Gossip Natasha Devon

     

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

    I’m driven by a desire to make everything fair (and to silence the people who would have us believe that injustice can be explained by that irritating platitude – “life’s not fair”).

     

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

    I nicked one from Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself, everyone else is taken”.

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  • Picture of the Week: A picture is worth a thousand words

    Picture of the Week: A picture is worth a thousand words

    An image of John Kerry dining with Bashar al-Assad in February 2009 surfaces

     

    John Kerry is a man who should be more careful about who he gets snapped with. As Chamberlain learnt to his peril after visiting Hitler in 1938, it is best not to consort with tyrannical leaders and it is better still not to be photographed with them. (more…)

  • William Seth-Smith: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    William Seth-Smith: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with Xero Vodka founder William Seth-Smith

     

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

    I try never to turn down adventure for the sake of easy apathy.

     

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

    Those that mind don’t matter and those than matter don’t mind.

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  • Henry Pryor: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Henry Pryor: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with property market expert Henry Pryor

     

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

    “Cheering the underdog”.

     

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

    “There are only two types of ‘expert’ when it comes to predicting house prices – those who don’t know and those who don’t know they don’t know”.

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  • Tatiana von Saxe Wilson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Tatiana von Saxe Wilson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with founder of The People’s Book Prize Tatiana von Saxe Wilson

     

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

    Pursuit and success.

     

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

    “Make the best better”.

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  • Alan Mendoza: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Alan Mendoza: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with executive director of The Henry Jackson Society Dr. Alan Mendoza

     

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

    Stretching the boundaries of the possible.

     

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

    “Incompetent until proven competent”.

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  • Helen Lederer: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Helen Lederer: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with actress, comedian and writer Helen Lederer, best known for her role as Catriona in ‘Absolutely Fabulous’

     

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

    My latest aim for a user-friendly existence is to be kind and forgiving and never tweet when drunk.

     

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

    “It’s not the winning, it’s the taking someone apart that counts”.

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  • 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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  • Did you know?

    Did you know?

    A new column revealing facts you may or may not already know

     

    Sir Cliff Richard was allegedly praised in the 1970s for staying in Britain whilst Denis Healey “tax[ed] the rich until the pips squeak[ed]”. No such enthusiasm is due now. (more…)

  • Derek Taylor: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Derek Taylor: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with businessman, restaurateur and philanthropist Derek Taylor

     

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

    Never give up on your dreams.

     

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

    Do as you would be done by.

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