Despite remaining under house arrest, disgraced athlete turned killer Oscar Pistorius has plainly not learnt any humblesse (more…)
Tag: shooting
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A roofless repo
£3 million sought for a repossessed, roofless shell set in 1,530 acres of Cumbrian countryside (more…)
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A royal smuggler
Rolls-Royce allegedly used to smuggle Wallis Simpson into Balmoral for sale (more…)
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Ruthann Aron (AKA “Ruth Aron”, née Ruthann Greenzweig)
So desperate was “exquisitely sensitive” Ruthann Aron to be a politician that she hired a hitman to deal with those who had hindered her prospects. (more…) -
Mocking marriage
An image of a newly married couple with a zebra they’d just killed shows disrespect for the institution of marriage as much as for the prey the pair have just killed (more…)
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Five of the Best: Rambling ruins
Five British mansions that require new owners with bottomless pockets for sale at prices from £950,000 to over £10 million (more…)
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Leon Max (born Leonid Maxovich Rodovinksi)
Having become “more British than the British” after paying £15 million for Easton Neston House at Towcester in Northamptonshire in 2005, Leon Max got what he described as “a smoking deal” when he snapped up Madonna’s former home (more…) -
Claire Zambuni
Accompanied everywhere by her much loved “urban gun dog” Lola, public relations guru Claire Zambuni won The Field magazine’s Shooting Personality of the Year in 2012. (more…) -
Jill Dando (1961 – 1999)
Somerset born Jill Dando was the greatly respected presenter of the BBC’s Crimewatch between 1995 and 1999. (more…) -
Head to Highclere: A review of The Yew Tree Inn
The revitalisation of The Yew Tree Inn at Highclere has put this country pub firmly back on the culinary radar (more…)