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George Clinton Funkadelic and Parliament

Funkadelic/Parliament, were pure mental, musically speaking of course, and in fact they still are, well the old records still sound like, really crazy, whacked out music of the highest degree. So l recently found out about a book wriitten about Dr Funkenstein himself Mr George Clinton, and his involvement, in all that is Funk, as […]

John Lubbock – the man who “invented” the Bank Holidays

The Right Honourable John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury MP FRS DCL LLD (30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was a banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. He was a banker and worked with his family’s company, but was also made significant contributions […]