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The rock ‘n’ roll star once dubbed Britain’s answer to Elvis Presley is celebrating 50 years in show business. Welsh singer-songwriter, Shakin’ Stevens, is one of the biggest-selling UK artists of the 1980s, and he can still be found in

World-famous cabinet-maker, Thomas Chippendale, is responsible for making the fourth most expensive piece of furniture in history – a carved commode that sold for a cool £3.7 million at auction. While a commode is not a glamorous item, when it’s

Ska band Madness were at the peak of their success in the late 1970s and early ’80s – they enjoyed a succession of UK chart hits beginning in 1979 with their debut single, The Prince. The band had originally formed