Classic clangers from the last week (more…)
Tag: SW3
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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…)
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Masters of Masterpiece
The Steeple Times chooses six of the best items on display at Masterpiece 2014
Thursday marks the official opening of the fifth annual Masterpiece art and antiques fair featuring over 150 leading galleries from across the world. To accompany today’s preview, The Steeple Times asked six of the exhibitors to choose their highlight from their stands (more…)
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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…)
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No clowning around
Matthew Steeples reviews Toto’s in Knightsbridge, London
It takes something for me to be impressed with a restaurant but after three visits to the newly reopened Toto’s in Knightsbridge, I will boldly declare that I believe it to be the best opening of 2014 (more…)
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Crashing Carluccio
EXCLUSIVE: Antonio Carluccio involved in car crash in Walton Street, Chelsea
At 5.30pm today, the well-known chef Antonio Carluccio was involved in a car crash in London’s Walton Street in his Mercedes-Benz. (more…)
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Max’s smalls
There’s nothing worse than being Max Clifford
‘Grubby publicist’ has been the description that has been attached to Max Clifford for many years but with his conviction yesterday on eight counts of indecent assault, that can now be replaced by ‘sexual abuser’, ‘liar’ and most tellingly ‘the man with the small penis’. (more…)
