Tag: SW3

  • Plated VI

    Plated VI

    15 more of the best plates spotted by readers of ‘The Steeple Times’

     

    Continuing our series, below we feature 15 more unusual, laughable and entertaining number plates (more…)

  • Overheard: 31st March

    Overheard: 31st March

    Classic clangers from the last week

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  • Chelsea’s for servants

    Chelsea’s for servants

    Estate agent announces that Chelsea is “where servants live”

     

    The cast of Made in Chelsea better relocate. With the announcement by estate agents Beauchamp Estates that Chelsea “is a place where servants live”, this once haunt of the aristocracy has morphed into a very different place. (more…)

  • The gold park

    The gold park

    A golden Ferrari is symbolic of the money park that is K&C

     

    Today, financier and philanthropist Alan Miller spotted a gold metallic Ferrari in Pelham Street. This shiny hunk of metal is symbolic of what a ludicrous money park Kensington and Chelsea has become and of how utterly lacking in taste some of the non-residents of this area now truly are. (more…)

  • Wally of the Week: Spencer Matthews (again)

    Wally of the Week: Spencer Matthews (again)

    ‘Made in Chelsea’s’ Spencer Matthews spotted sporting a most pretentious baseball cap

     

    In a Chelsea restaurant yesterday, Made in Chelsea’s Spencer Matthews was spotted sporting a baseball cap. Hardly newsworthy but what was ridiculous about it was that it bore the caption “Fresh Ego Kid”. (more…)

  • The best of BADA

    The best of BADA

    A roundup of the art worth seeing at BADA

     

    The BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair on Chelsea’s Duke of York Square is an annual showcase of art and antiques that range in price from £100 to £1 million. Here, The Steeple Times picks three of our favourite items on display that suit a wide range of budgets. (more…)

  • Mr Frizzy

    Mr Frizzy

    Mr FrizzyA regular on the art gallery circuit, this frizzy haired character appears on the list of suspected gatecrashers circulated by London art galleries. He does not number on a list of the greatest of conversationalists.

     

  • Baron and bloom

    Baron and bloom

    Two very different society gatherings

     

    Tuesday night in London was a busy one. Gina and Alan Miller’s foundation, Miller Philanthropy, hosted a hugely successful charity concert at the Cadogan Hall, whilst former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg held a party at The Serpentine Gallery. (more…)

  • Alice Freyman: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Alice Freyman: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with Apter-Fredericks gallery manager Alice Freyman

     

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

    At this stage in my life, it is ‘balance’: work, play, family, self.

     

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

    The only difference between a dream and a goal is a plan.

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  • A window to watch

    A window to watch

    Antiques dealer Apter-Fredericks’ Spring window is one to watch

     

    Antique dealers are often thought of as fussy and a little fuddy-duddy. In their latest display, Apter-Fredericks on Fulham Road in Chelsea show themselves to be anything but. (more…)