Along a two-mile winding road situated in a leafy suburb of Birmingham where stunning five-bedroom houses sell for more than £1million is a conspicuous row of ‘tin can’ homes seemingly frozen in time.
That time is one of post-war recovery when the Government, keen to rebuild quickly after devastating bombing raids by the Nazi Luftwaffe, would turn to temporary homes in a bid to solve the country’s housing crisis.
More than 156,000 ‘prefab’ homes – flat-pack properties constructed in a factory out of a limited number of materials – were built across Britain on the orders of Winston Churchill, who had envisaged the problem even before the end of the Second World War. Read More...
Lou Gramm underwent emergency brain surgery five years after going through rehab for drugs and alcohol, but according to what he told the Toronto Sun, that wasn’t the end of his problems. Post-op, his treatment included the use of steroids — and that, in turn, meant he gained around 100 pounds.
Fans did, of course, notice, and he was candid about the bullying: “I didn’t feel good or look good, and I took a tremendous backlash from fans who thought I was eating too much when it was the steroids that were blowing me up,” he explained. Read More...
Chris Brown and Kiely Williams were on a tracing match on Friday after she shaded the artist over his Chloe Bailey collaboration.
Brown and Bailey on Wednesday shared that they were collaborating on a song, “How Does It Feel,” to be the second track on her upcoming debut album, but her fans appeared to be outraged that she was collaborating with Brown. Many felt that Brown, who pleaded guilty to assaulting Rihanna more than a decade ago, is not the best person for Bailey to align herself with. Read More...