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Mansion once owned by notorious occultist Aleister Crowley and guitarist Jimmy Page to benefit from £250,000 of Lottery funding
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July 24, 2024
It boasts a sinister past that has attracted controversy and wild rumours for generations. Now Boleskine House - the former home of notorious occultist Aleister Crowley - is to benefit from £250,000 of lottery funding. The investment, which has been awarded to the charity behind its restoration, will support capital work to complete the interior of the ruined 18th century mansion.
It really got me: Kinks rocker Dave Davies slams Guitar World magazine after it claimed Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page played on You Really Got Me
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March 3, 2024
Dave Davies, a guitarist, has slammed Guitar Magazine for an article that claimed that Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page contributed to Led Zeppelin's song "You Really Got Me." A long debate has arisen over whether Page appeared on the 1964 hit, which is known for its iconic riff, with Davies and Page denying that he did in the years. In an interview with record producer Eddie Kramer this week, the scandal was reignited, with Page reportedly recalled coming into the studio and recording an overdub on the song. Davies leapt to X to deny the allegations within hours of the story being published, saying that Kramer had been "misquoted."
Fashion stylists reveal the little-known brands and designer labels that are set to explode in the coming months
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January 22, 2024
If you're bored of seeing the same old designers on Instagram and want to spice up your closet's contents, it might be time to invest in wares from these up-and-coming designers. DailyMail.com has consulted with some of the best celebrity fashion stylists to find out the little-known designer brands that are expected to explode in 2024. FEMAIL is rounding up some of acronyms you should know about before they make it to the big leagues. From emerging brands New York City fashion girls to designers celebrating fashion week for the first time.
Why did Lizzy Grant become Lana Del Ray, where did Daft Punk get their name from and could Coldplay really have been called Starfish?The truth behind your favourite band's name revealed
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January 1, 2024
There have been some outstanding band names selected by similarly famous artists throughout history of popular music from The Clash to Led Zeppelin. Anybody who has played an instrument and wished to form a band will know how difficult it is to find a band name that keeps every member happy. There have been some downright bizarre choices, including Chumbawamba and Limp Bizkit, as well as famous names. So, what exactly are the reasons behind popular band names?
Back for wood! After winning a planning contest against neighbour Robbie Williams, a former Take That star fells 70ft tree at his £17.5 million home
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December 23, 2023
XCLUSIVE: The Angels singer, Robert Johnson, has long been a controversial figure on the plush Kensington road where he lives, and has also been involved in a bitter feud with next-door neighbor Jimmy Page after he applied to build a basement pool at his London pad. However, the former Take That singer chopped down the massive Robinia tree just four days before Christmas, just four days after the rock star was given permission for the operation in August after experts determined that there was'significant decay.' In late June, the Angels singer, 49, tried to remove the Robinia tree from his base, blaming decay at the base and claiming that it had caused damage to his exorbitant London mansion's garden wall.
Have the Clooneys left their £10m mansion on the banks of the Thames?Locals reveal Hollywood's favourite power couple have not been living at the nine-bedroom house for at least two years
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September 2, 2023
George and Amal Clooney, Hollywood's most popular power couple, spent years - and millions - creating their own 'nice little world' on one of the River Thames' most picturesque stretches. In September 2014, the couple snapped up their Grade II-listed mansion near Sonning, Berkshire, for £10 million, just days before their wedding at Venice's Aman Canal Grande Hotel. However, despite the fact that the Clooneys spent on the house, locals in the village claim that they have upped sticks and vanished to sunnier climes.
How the wealthy live: A new book shows that they don't spend tens of millions on a house they haven't seen and will never live in, but they do insist massage suites, theater rooms, underground swimming ponds, and lodges for employees
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August 10, 2023
Max Thomas, (pseudonymous) author, works in London's super-prime market, selling an £18.5 million flat in Regent's Park, a Chelsea Barracks flat with a £35 million price tag, as well as a £80,000 per annum service charge.
In the Jimmy Page row, Robbie Williams has been accused of 'environmental vandalism' over his mansion's designs
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June 16, 2023
Robbie Williams' neighbors have accused him of'environmental vandalism' over plans to trim his garden, five years after his last planning clash with Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page (bottom right). Since Williams (left) and his guitarist, 79, have been embroiled in a bitter feud ever since they moved to their Holland Park home in 2013 (left is Jimmy's house, right is Robbie's). According to reports, Robbie intends to trim 14 plants back to the bottom of his £17.5 million West London mansion.
The death of old Soho: How cultural hotspot is battling 'becoming just another Shoreditch'
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June 9, 2023
The Soho district in London, which had once brimming with bars and late-night music venues, is on the verge of becoming 'just another Shoreditch,' as it fights a burgeoning tide of Nimbyism from a'small minority' of wealthy citizens. Few would celebrate the return of the 1960s underworld and the reign of the legendary Kray Twins (who ruled The Hide-A-Way club on Gerrard Street) - but for the majority of locals, there is an undeniable yearning for the yesteryear's charm. It comes as yet another historic venue, Trisha's, has been forced to shut down this week after a millionaire neighbor's screams over noise and alleged 'drug use'. George Hudson, who runs and lives above Soho's Piano Bar, has expressed fear that the neighborhood will be 'another Shoreditch.' According to him, there is a "significant minority" of people who are refusing to open new night time venues, particularly those who moved in during Covid.
It's the riverbank's sales: The Thames Riverbank is in high demand
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March 25, 2023
Take a stroll down Berkshire and Oxfordshire's Thames towpath, and you will find some of the country's most coveted homes, many owned by A-listers. Now the boathouse overlooking the Thames at Pangbourne, where guitarist Jimmy Page lived from 1967 to 1973, has arrived.
EMILY PRESCOTT: Has Robbie Williams ended row with neighbour Jimmy Page over underground pool?
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March 19, 2023
EMILY PRESCOTT: It has been one of the most tense and long-running debates in recent showbusiness history pitting legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page (right) against his neighbor, former Take That singer Robbie Williams (left), in a fight over the construction of a basement pool and spa at his house in Holland Park, West London. But now it seems that Williams has been officially dismissed from office. 'It has to get to the point where it just has to come to an end,' says a friend.' One of them tells me, 'Works have been suspended,' the council has said, because they must.' Application service is now back to where it came from, and currently you can't see it recommencing.'
Robbie Williams faces a new challenge in his plans to install a pool and gym at a £17.5 million home
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February 4, 2023
Robbie Williams has hit another roadblock in his attempts to build a submarine swimming pool and gym at his £17.5 million London home. The singer, 48, has been planning to start working on a fitness suite at his vast mansion in posh Holland Park for the past six years, but Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, 79, has turned down the proposal. The proposals were first accepted by Kensington and Chelsea council, but the former Take That actor has since been told he'd have to request for the deeds of his house in order to proceed with building work.
Anthony 'Top' Topham, a Yardbirds guitarist, died at the age of 75, just two weeks after Jeff Beck's death
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January 25, 2023
Anthony 'Top' Topham, the Yardbirds' founding guitarist, died at the age of 75, just two weeks after Jeff Beck's death, who replaced him in the pioneering blues band, 'Top' Topham. According to his representative, Topham was fighting dementia and died "fully" surrounded by his family on Monday. Sanderson Rasjid, a singer who later became a Subud spiritual pioneer, helped with the Subud rhythm and blues band in London in May 1963. He left before their commercial breakthrough and was replaced as lead guitarist by Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and finally Jimmy Page.
JANET STREET-PORTER: Jeff Beck showed us all how to grow old disgracefully
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January 12, 2023
JANET STREET PORTER: Jeff Beck was just a bit older than me, but he seemed to have no enthusiasm in the prospect of ageing and giving up, so I'm suddenly feeling a little vulnerable. I'm sure millions of rock fans would feel the same. Jeff was not only brilliant at his work, he had a unique personality, someone who never deviated from their personal style, their convictions (he was a vegetarian) and their determination to only work at what they were used to. He was called difficult over the years, but he was a genius who believed that life was too short to waste your skills and time on the second rate. My first encounter with Jeff was on film set - in 1965, Antonioni, the Italian director, Antonioni, was directing a film about a photographer in swinging London (Janet pictured top inset, dancing in the film). He was in my college bar looking for trendy students to perform in a nightclub environment, where the Yardbirds (with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck) will be performing. I was chosen and told to wear my own clothes.
Jeff Beck, 78, is a fan of Ozzy Osbourne's biography
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January 11, 2023
Following the tragic death of British rocker Jeff Beck, aged 78, Ozzy Osbourne, Jimmy Page, and Paul Young were among the tributes from the world of music. After'suddenly' contracting bacterial meningitis, the rock star, who just weeks ago, died on Tuesday night.
On Britain's most expensive streets, the houses were sold with seven or eight figure price tags
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December 21, 2022
Kensington, west London's most expensive road, with an average house price of £23.8 million. Grosvenor Square in affluent Mayfair is less than three miles away, occupying second place with an average price tag of £23.5 million. The picturesque Illchester Place in London is in the top three, with homes now costing an average £17.7 million. According to new Halifax findings, the capital leads the list of the country's best streets, with just one road outside the city ranked in the top 20. In comparison, wealthy buyers looking for an exclusive postcode in the North East or East Midlands will spend around £1.5 million, making these the country's lowest-priced'most expensive' regions.
Pictured: Robbie Williams' proposal for a wooden trellis to protect anonymity
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December 7, 2022
This is how Robbie Williams (top inset) wants to put up a £2 million wooden fence (lower inset) wants to put up between himself and his Led Zeppelin neighbor Jimmy Page (top left inset). As their feud continues, it appears that the Angels singer is likely to blow the budget putting walls up between him (right) and the legendary guitarist. The elderly rock stars, who live next to each other in London's lavish Holland Park (left), have been locked in a tense struggle for years.
Robbie Williams' proposal to build a £2 million fence puts him in jeopardy of his neighbor Jimmy Page.'
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December 6, 2022
Robbie Williams is reportedly risking his brother Jimmy Page's wrath by attempting to erect a £2 million fence at his Holland Park mansion in London. The singer, 48, is said to have applied to Kensington and Chelsea council to install the wooden trellis on three sides of the building. According to The Sun, one shortcoming of the property is that proper security is lacking.'
Robbie Williams put Led Zeppelin rocker Jimmy Page's wrath by bidding to chop trees
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November 3, 2022
Robbie Williams (inset right) has put a tense rivalry with his rockstar neighbor Jimmy Page (inset left). His latest proposals to bulldoze two trees and strip back four others could reignite tensions. Several songs are located near the singer's home town of Led Zeppelin, which was founded on Page. An investigation of the trees by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is expected to be complete shortly, with a decision expected later this month. The rock stars, who live next to each other in London's fashionable Holland Park, have been locked for seven years after the ex-Take That actor revealed plans to add an underground pool to his Grade II Listed home.
To reduce noise pollution, Robbie Williams uses '19th century hand-tools.'
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November 2, 2022
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Robbie Williams is doing what seems to be the biggest house renovations to avoid exposing his neighbor, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, more intimately. At the £17.5 million mansion in London's Kensington, the team designing Williams''super basement' has gone to great lengths to make virtually no noise. In May, the architects approved the work, but Williams' workers will have to use '19th-century hand-tools' and £50,000 monitoring equipment to ensure that the level stays barely above a whisper.
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: In a 'torturous' Quaker boarding school memoir dispute, Justin Webb's bully stands out
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October 22, 2022
RICHARD EDEN: His scathing memoir has been lauded, not least for its smear of bullying at Sidcot, his Quaker boarding school in Somerset in the 1970s. However, I should warn you that BBC actor Justin Webb is now under fire from some of his contemporaries. They disagree with Webb's publisher's description of the school as a "place of grief" and "a wrecker of already broken lives" where children were 'tortured."
Pattie Boyd, a former flame, is shown by Ronnie Wood
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October 19, 2022
The old pals and former flames posed for pictures at The Lower Third in London to celebrate Pattie's book My Life In Pictures, for which Rolling Stones legend Ronnie has written the foreword. Ronnie was joined by his wife Sally, who married in 2012, at the star-studded bash, as well as fellow music legends Jimmy Page and Roger Taylor.
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Duke of Beaufort's book promises candid tale of Eton pal hijacking a tourist bus
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September 15, 2022
Forget Prince Harry's memoirs. It's a rather different book that's giving a ray of delight - and, possibly, a tremor of fear - among others - in the coroneted classes. It's the handiwork of Henry John FitzRoy Somerset (left with his second wife Georgia Powell in 2017; inset in 1985). "Bunter" is the proper name for him. In a carefree youth, the Duke, now 70, obtained this soubriquet. "He wrote his memoirs," one of Bunter's sporting chums tells me, adding that one chapter in particular seems to be destined to ignite excitement.' "The Hooray Years" is the title of the book.'
Brian May recalls his terror at performing at the Queen's Golden Jubilee
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September 13, 2022
During the Queen's Golden Jubilee Celebrations, Brian May recalled his terror at seeing God Save The Queen solo on the roof of Buckingham Palace. When she later didn't recognize him, the Queen guitarist, who was 75, admitted to breaking royal protocol. Brian described the 2002 results as "very frightening," according to the Daily Mail's Eden Confidential column: "It was very frightening."