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26/01/2016
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The Biggest Icon Arrives To TShirtGrill… Dot Cotton!?!

This is… a little out of left-field. But hey, us British love our treasures! On-and-off for the past 30 years, June Brown has been entertaining the British nation as Dot Cotton on BBC’s hit soap Eastenders. Cotton is the second longest-serving character on the show, behind only Ian Beale (played by Adam Woodyatt, who has been on it since the beginning). Brown began playing the character 5 months after the show began, and had a 4 year period between 1993 and 1997 where she left following the axing of co-star Peter Dean... Read More

29/12/2015
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Born To Lose… He Lived To Win: Lemmy Kilmister (1945-2015)

On Christmas Eve, he celebrated his 70th birthday. On Boxing Day, he learned he had extremely aggressive cancer. Yesterday, the rock icon sadly passed away. It was a whirlwind final few days for the Motorhead lead singer. Today though, many fans across the world will mourn the passing of Ian Fraser Kilmister. Unsure of how he actually gained the nickname of Lemmy, it was claimed it came from the phrase “lend me a quid ’til Friday” (the “lend me” part being slurred to say “Lemmy”) – due to a habit... Read More

18/05/2015

Love Still Tears Us Apart: 35 Years On…

On this day 35 years ago, we sadly lost a great talent in Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Division. He was only 23 at the time. To begin with, they were going to be called Warsaw, but this conflicted with a group that already existed called Warsaw Pakt – so they became Joy Division. “Warsaw” eventually became the name of one of their singles as well as the 4th compilation album for the group, which in itself was actually meant to be the debut album until the group decided... Read More