News about Stefanie Martini

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS (Chester, a bloke), as my colleague Mervyn Hancock, was a big bloke in every sense - big, loud, 6ft 3in, and obliviously good-humoured. However, this heroic man was left red-faced and shaken after an encounter with John 'Goldfinger' Palmer, now a central figure in BBC1's crime drama The Goldfinger' Palmer. We learned that Palmer was running a timeshare scam in the early 1990s, when I was working at Bristol's morning paper, ripping off thousands of holidaymakers.

In the BBC dramatization of the £26 million Brink's-Mat robbery in 1983, the actress, 32, plays Marnie Palmer, wife of real life criminal John Palmer. The Bristol-born actor has been in a friendship with model and photographer El Wood since 2021, far removed from the small screen. On Wednesday, Stefanie and El attended a pre-Bafta film-makers dinner at Alfred Dunhill's Bourdon House in Mayfair, which was once home to the Duke of Westminster. Stefanie's gold wrap top highlighted her toned abs and a midi skirt, while the happy couple looked glamorous for the occasion.

RICHARD EDEN: While Nicola Horlick is struggling with the arduous grind of steering her latest venture Glentham Capital to success, Tim seems to have discovered his own Midas touch. When his company, Ayanda Capital, was awarded contracts worth £253 million to provide the NHS with PPE, he was pushed to fame during the pandemic. Now he has, according to me, snapped up a piece in the Alps.