Having started his career as a butcher, this eccentric moved into the nightclub business (more…)
Tag: success
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Erika Leonard James (E. L. James)
The highest earning author of 2013, Erika Leonard James raked in £33.3 million that year and £10.6 million in 2012. Her Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy has had readers hooked but despite her wealth this adult romance writer continues to live modestly in west London. With over 500,000 followers on Twitter, James has set the record for the fastest selling paperback of all time yet modestly stated: “The explosion of interest has taken me completely by surprise”. -
Errol Douglas MBE: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
20 questions with hair stylist to the stars Errol Douglas
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Graft and graft some more.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
Stop looking for the short cut. It’s not there.
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Lewis Moody: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
20 questions with former English rugby union player and England captain Lewis Moody
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Family and friends who will always keep you grounded and honest
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
A man’s character is not judged by his successes, but by how many times he is knocked on his ass and gets back up again.
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Victoria Beckham
The Fleet Street Fox spoke sense in November 2013 when she said of Beckham: “Take a bow, Savvy Spice. We got you wrong”. This former Spice Girl turned business maven deserves to be admired for her work ethic and success. She won the Designer of the Year award at the British Fashion Awards in 2011 and Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour named her one of the 100 most powerful women in the country in 2013. The wife of the most famous footballer on the planet and a mother of four, Beckham has 7 million followers on Twitter and once commented: “I never try to follow a trend or fashion”. This multi-millionairess most definitely has had the last laugh. -
Bonneville’s super ride
Hugh Bonneville can celebrate after Gothic wins at Leicester
This morning, The Telegraph’s ‘Mandrake’ reported on the latest success of the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Petrushka Syndicate and one of its investors, Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville, at Leicester. (more…)
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Price vs. Patience
Stonebrook Court Manor: The sale of a Californian mansion where it’s more about patience than price
Stonebrook Court Manor in California’s Los Altos Hills has been on and off the market since January 2008. Its owner, a “television executive turned Internet investor” and investment banker named Kelly Porter, though said to be “in no hurry to sell”, has reduced his asking price from £28.1 million ($45 million) to £16.8 million ($27 million) through Arthur Sharif & Associates. (more…)
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Graham Seed: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
20 questions with Graham Seed, best known for having played Nigel Pargetter in BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Archers’
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
My wife, of course.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
“Success and failure are irrelevant. Do what makes you happy and do it a little better everyday… And don’t forget to breathe”.
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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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Playing the rating game
The real reason Katie Hopkins has been making “outrageous” comments
In the last week there has been much debate as to why Katie Hopkins has been appearing on our screens making such outrageous remarks. We can now reveal the reason: Hopkins has written a book named Rate My Name. (more…)