20 questions with Pom Harrington of leading rare book dealers Peter Harrington
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Integrity.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
Do judge a book by its cover.
20 questions with financier Amir Zada
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Health, hard work, love and laughter.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
“Revenge is a waste of time, as is gloating”.
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”.
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”.
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.
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”.
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”.
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”.
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”.
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”.