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Jet Black
Brian John Duffy (26 August 1938 – 6 December 2022), known professionally as Jet Black, was an English drummer and founding member of punk rock/ new wave band the Stranglers. He last performed with the band in 2015, and officially retired in 2018. Early life Brian John Duffy was born in Ilford, Essex, on 26 August 1938. He was a successful businessman up until the mid-1970s, owning a fleet of ice cream vans and an off-licence in Guildford called The Jackpot, which was the base for the early Stranglers. He was also the owner of one of the earliest home brewing equipment companies, at a time when home brewing was in vogue. Career Duffy was known as Jet Black when he became a full-time professional musician in the mid-1970s and met Hugh Cornwell of the band Johnny Sox after reading an advertisement in ''Melody Maker'' magazine. Cornwell joined Black in the Stranglers in 1974. His style was usually simple and jazz-influenced, although "Duchess" and "Down in the Sewer" are examp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilford
Ilford is a large List of areas of London, town in East London, England, northeast of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Redbridge, Ilford is within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London. It had a population of 168,168 in 2011, compared to 303,858 for the entire borough. Identified as a metropolitan centre in the London Plan, Ilford's commercial and retail centre is surrounded by extensive residential development. The town is on the transport corridor between London and coastal Essex, with both the A12 road (England), A12 and the Ilford railway station, central railway station linking the regions. In recent years, as a result of increased levels of immigration, Ilford has become one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural towns in England. Historically a small rural settlement in the ancient parish of Barking (parish), Barking in the Becontree Hundred, Becontree hundred of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Ess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simmons (electronic Drum Company)
Simmons is an electronic drum brand, which originally was a pioneering British manufacturer of electronic drums. Founded in 1978 by Dave Simmons, it supplied electronic kits from 1980 to 1998. The drums' distinctive, electronic sound can be found on countless albums from the 1980s. The company closed in 1999 before being relaunched under Guitar Center ownership in 2006 by at first rebranding generic Chinese kits for the North American market before Dave Simmons would return to the company in 2017; after which all kit design was brought fully back in house under his design leadership. The SDS 5 (or SDSV; notated as SDS-5) was developed in conjunction with Richard James Burgess of Landscape and released in 1981. The first recordings of the instrument were made by Burgess, on '' From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....'', " Chant No. 1" by Spandau Ballet, and "Angel Face" by Shock. After Landscape and Spandau Ballet appeared on ''Top of the Pops'' with the instrument, many other musician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Honours System
In the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories, personal bravery, achievement, or service are rewarded with honours. The honours system consists of three types of award: *Honours are used to recognise merit in terms of achievement and service; * Decorations tend to be used to recognise specific deeds; *Medals are used to recognise service on a particular operation or in a specific theatre, long or valuable service, and good conduct. Appointments to the various orders and awards of other honours are usually published in '' The London Gazette''. Brief history Although the Anglo-Saxon monarchs are known to have rewarded their loyal subjects with rings and other symbols of favour, it was the Normans who introduced knighthoods as part of their feudal government. The first English order of chivalry, the Order of the Garter, was created in 1348 by Edward III. Since then, the system has evolved to address the changing need to recognise other forms of service to the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Government
His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government or otherwise UK Government, is the central government, central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Overview of the UK system of government : Directgov – Government, citizens and rights Archived direct.gov.uk webpage. Retrieved on 29 August 2014. The government is led by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minister (Keir Starmer since 5 July 2024) who appoints all the other British Government frontbench, ministers. The country has had a Labour Party (UK), Labour government since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. ''The Independent'' won the Brand of the Year Award in The Drum Awards for Online Media 2023. History 1980s Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330. It was produced by Newspaper Publishing plc and created by Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds. All three partners were former journalists at ''The Daily Telegraph'' who had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetbury
Tetbury is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish inside the Cotswold (district), Cotswold district in Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the site of an ancient hill fort, on which an Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon monastery was founded, probably by Ine of Wessex, in 681. The population of the parish was 5,250 in the 2001 census, increasing to 5,472 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census. The population further increased to 6,453 in the 2021 Census. History During the Middle Ages, Tetbury became an important market for Cotswolds, Cotswold wool and yarn. Notable buildings in the town include the The Church House, Tetbury, Church House and the late 18th century Gothic revival architecture, Gothic revival parish church of Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury, St Mary the Virgin and St Mary Magdalene and much of the rest of the town centre, dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. The Tetbury Market House, Market House, dating from 1655 with restorations done in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge Corn Exchange
The Corn Exchange is an events and concert venue located on Wheeler Street, Cambridge, Wheeler Street in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The structure, which was commissioned as a corn exchange, is a Grade II listed building. History The first corn exchange in Cambridge was built on St Andrew's Hill in 1842. By the late 1860s, it was considered too small, and civic officials decided to commission a larger building on a site once occupied by the Black Bear Inn. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the mayor, John Death, on 26 May 1874. It was designed by Richard Reynolds Rowe in the Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival style, built using bricks cast in a variety of colours and was officially opened on 6 November 1875. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing Wheeler Street. The central bay, which was slightly projected forward, featured an arched doorway flanked by foliated pilasters supporting voussoirs. There was a round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oxford Times
''The Oxford Times'' is a weekly newspaper, published each Thursday in Oxford, England. The paper is published from a large production facility at Osney Mead, west Oxford, and is owned by Newsquest, the UK subsidiary of US-based Gannett Company. ''The Oxford Times'' has a number of colour supplements. ''Oxfordshire Limited Edition'' is included with the first edition of each month. There is also a monthly ''In Business'' supplement. ''The Oxford Times'' has several sister publications: *''The Herald Series'' – a set of weekly newspapers covering Abingdon, Wantage, Wallingford and Didcot. *''Witney Gazette'' – a weekly newspaper covering Witney and Carterton. *''Bicester Advertiser'' – a weekly newspaper covering Bicester. *'' Banbury Cake'' – a free weekly newspaper for the Banbury area. *''Oxford Star'' – a free weekly newspaper which ran from 1976 to 2013. *'' Oxford Mail'' – a daily newspaper published Monday to Saturday founded in 1928. History ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire Evening Post
The ''Yorkshire Evening Post'' (''YEP'') is a regional daily newspaper covering the City of Leeds. Founded in 1890 it is published by National World. Despite being having coverage and being sold across West Yorkshire the Yorkshire Evening Post traditionally provides close reporting on Leeds United and Leeds Rhinos as well as the Yorkshire County Cricket Club team. The City of Leeds has two further widely circulated local papers, being the ''Wetherby News'' and the '' Wharfedale and Airedale Observer''. History The paper was first published in 1890 by the Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Company Limited who already published the Broadsheet newspaper ''The Yorkshire Post''. Its main competitor was the ''Yorkshire Evening News'' which folded in 1963. In 1925 the ''Yorkshire Evening Post'' produced a separate edition for South Yorkshire printed simultaneously in Doncaster. It was closed in 1970 and became the ''Doncaster Evening Post'' until it folded in 1983. In 1967 United Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF, AFib or A-fib) is an Heart arrhythmia, abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) characterized by fibrillation, rapid and irregular beating of the Atrium (heart), atrial chambers of the heart. It often begins as short periods of abnormal cardiac cycle, beating, which become longer or continuous over time. It may also start as other forms of arrhythmia such as atrial flutter that then transform into AF. Episodes can be asymptomatic. Symptomatic episodes may involve heart palpitations, syncope (medicine), fainting, Presyncope, lightheadedness, Unconsciousness, loss of consciousness, or shortness of breath. Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of heart failure, dementia, and stroke. It is a type of supraventricular tachycardia. Atrial fibrillation frequently results from bursts of tachycardia that originate in muscle bundles extending from the Atrium (heart), atrium to the pulmonary veins. Pulmonary vein isolation by catheter ablation, trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Raven (The Stranglers Album)
''The Raven'' is the fourth studio album by English rock band the Stranglers, released on 21 September 1979, through record label United Artists. Background The first two songs, much of the artwork (the band is shown standing on the prow of a Viking longship on the back cover) and the album title refer to Norse mythology. The album deals with a variety of issues, including Japanese ritual suicide ("Ice"), heroin use ("Don't Bring Harry"), the Iranian Revolution ("Shah Shah a Go Go") and genetic engineering ("Genetix"). "Dead Loss Angeles" features guitarist Hugh Cornwell playing bass guitar in conjunction with bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel, who wrote the song's heavy bass line. No lead or rhythm guitars feature on the track, whose lyrics were written by Cornwell about his experiences in the United States. ''The Raven'' is the first Stranglers album not produced by Martin Rushent, instead being produced by the band with engineer Alan Winstanley. Release ''The Raven'' wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
