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		<title>2012 ➤ S’Express adds pizzazz to an alternative Pageant playlist for HM The Queen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[➢ 1,000 boats will muster on the River Thames — in case you hadn’t heard — on Sunday June 3, to accompany Her Majesty The Queen in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. The flotilla itself will be over seven miles &#8230; <a href="http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/24/2012-%e2%9e%a4-sexpress-adds-pizzazz-to-an-alternative-pageant-playlist-for-hm-the-queen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shapersofthe80s.com&#038;blog=9564546&#038;post=8285&#038;subd=shapersofthe80s&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>➤ Sir Harold’s memories of Fleet Street: cut and thrust, or be cut dead</title>
		<link>http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/18/%e2%9e%a4-sir-harolds-memories-of-fleet-street-cut-and-thrust-or-be-cut-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OTL</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1981]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Delano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scoop]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[❚ HOW EXCITING THAT HARRY EVANS can still recount his rows with Rupert Murdoch in 1982 were as if they were “the day before yesterday”. The legendary former editor of The Sunday Times yesterday regaled the Leveson inquiry into British &#8230; <a href="http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/18/%e2%9e%a4-sir-harolds-memories-of-fleet-street-cut-and-thrust-or-be-cut-dead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shapersofthe80s.com&#038;blog=9564546&#038;post=8267&#038;subd=shapersofthe80s&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 ➤ “Very doubtful” — Tony Hadley on the future of Spandau</title>
		<link>http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/16/2012-%e2%9e%a4-very-doubtful-tony-hadley-on-the-future-of-spandau/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[❚ MORE COLD WATER HAS BEEN POURED on any future reunion for Spandau Ballet. The leaders of the 80s New Romantics movement haven’t worked together since their Reformation reunion tour ended in 2010. Today on ITV’s Loose Women chat show, &#8230; <a href="http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/16/2012-%e2%9e%a4-very-doubtful-tony-hadley-on-the-future-of-spandau/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shapersofthe80s.com&#038;blog=9564546&#038;post=8256&#038;subd=shapersofthe80s&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>➤ The day Gary Kemp reduced hard-nosed Guardianistas to tears</title>
		<link>http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/14/%e2%9e%a4-the-day-gary-kemp-reduced-hard-nosed-guardianistas-to-tears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[+++ ❚ AS WITH ANY ARTICLE AT THE GRAUNIAD about New Romantic cheerleaders Spandau Ballet, the resulting comments published online are always riotously entertaining. This is the one band that really winds up Guardianistas to a pitch of fury. When &#8230; <a href="http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/14/%e2%9e%a4-the-day-gary-kemp-reduced-hard-nosed-guardianistas-to-tears/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shapersofthe80s.com&#038;blog=9564546&#038;post=8248&#038;subd=shapersofthe80s&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>➤ Will Hawking give Sheldon the funniest bang since the Big One?</title>
		<link>http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/12/%e2%9e%a4-will-hawking-give-sheldon-the-funniest-bang-since-the-big-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 20:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OTL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[❚ “POSSIBLY, THE BEST EPISODE. EVER.” Let’s hope TVfanatic’s Carla Day isn’t overselling this week’s Series 5 finale of the US’s highest rated comedy show. The States saw it last month, and Carla reported “non-stop laughs”. The Big Bang Theory &#8230; <a href="http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/12/%e2%9e%a4-will-hawking-give-sheldon-the-funniest-bang-since-the-big-one/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shapersofthe80s.com&#038;blog=9564546&#038;post=8233&#038;subd=shapersofthe80s&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1928–2012 ➤ Sassoon’s revolution: No teasing. No hair spray. Just the cut.</title>
		<link>http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/09/1928-2012-%e2%9e%a4-sassoons-revolution-no-teasing-no-hair-spray-just-the-cut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 23:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mary Quant]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vidal Sassoon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“He revolutionised not just hair but fashion” — model-turned-Vogue fashion editor Grace Coddington ➢ The Daily Telegraph reports the death at 84 of celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, whose 1960s wash-and-wear cuts freed women from the tyranny of hairspray&#8230; “ Vidal &#8230; <a href="http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/09/1928-2012-%e2%9e%a4-sassoons-revolution-no-teasing-no-hair-spray-just-the-cut/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shapersofthe80s.com&#038;blog=9564546&#038;post=8210&#038;subd=shapersofthe80s&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>➤ Sukita-san’s eye view of the weird world according to Bowie</title>
		<link>http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/06/%e2%9e%a4-sukita-sans-eye-view-of-the-weird-world-according-to-bowie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 16:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[❚ HERE WE SEE CLASSIC PIX of the early glam incarnations that broke the rules of rock and roll and put the gender-bending David Bowie into the headlines. Since 1972 Japanese photographer Masayoshi Sukita has gone on capturing the prolific &#8230; <a href="http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/06/%e2%9e%a4-sukita-sans-eye-view-of-the-weird-world-according-to-bowie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shapersofthe80s.com&#038;blog=9564546&#038;post=8171&#038;subd=shapersofthe80s&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>➤ Shapersofthe80s is declared an “invaluable website” by British historian</title>
		<link>http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/01/%e2%9e%a4-shapersofthe80s-is-declared-an-invaluable-website-by-british-historian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[❚ AN “INVALUABLE WEBSITE” — this is the verdict on Shapersofthe80s by historian Dominic Sandbrook, author of the rich new cultural analysis, Seasons in the Sun: The Battle for Britain, 1974–1979. It’s a doorstep of a book, yet highly readable, &#8230; <a href="http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/01/%e2%9e%a4-shapersofthe80s-is-declared-an-invaluable-website-by-british-historian/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shapersofthe80s.com&#038;blog=9564546&#038;post=8220&#038;subd=shapersofthe80s&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 ➤ Welcome JLS to the pop millionaires club</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[❚ NO REALLY POPTASTIC SURPRISES in the annual Sunday Times Rich List for the UK and Ireland, published today. Adele, inevitably, tops the Richest Young Musicians after the past year’s runaway success that more than tripled her estimated wealth from &#8230; <a href="http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/04/29/2012-%e2%9e%a4-welcome-jls-to-the-pop-millionaires-club/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shapersofthe80s.com&#038;blog=9564546&#038;post=8161&#038;subd=shapersofthe80s&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 ➤ How guitar wizard Bert taught two million young Brits to “play in a day”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ERIC CLAPTON, the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once said: “I wouldn’t have felt the urge to press on without the tips and encouragement that Bert’s book gives you. I’ve never met a player &#8230; <a href="http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/04/20/2012-%e2%9e%a4-how-guitar-wizard-bert-taught-two-million-young-brits-to-play-in-a-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shapersofthe80s.com&#038;blog=9564546&#038;post=8167&#038;subd=shapersofthe80s&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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