❤️ Fabrizio Moro 🐷

"Fabrizio Mobrici (born 9 April 1975), known by his stage name Fabrizio Moro, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He released his debut album in 2000 and he achieved commercial success in 2007, after winning the Newcomers' Section of the Sanremo Music Festival with his entry "Pensa". The song became a number- one hit in Italy, while the album with the same title was certified gold by the Italian Music Industry Federation. As of 2020, he has released nine studio albums, an extended play and a live album. In 2011, Moro also presented the docu-reality Sbarre, broadcast by Rai 2. He also wrote songs for other artists, including pop rock band Stadio and pop singer Noemi. In a duet with Ermal Meta, he won the Sanremo Music Festival 2018 with the song "Non mi avete fatto niente", and represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, reaching 5th place overall. Music career Fabrizio Moro released his debut single, "Per tutta un'altra destinazione", in 1996. The single was later included in his first self-titled studio album, which was released in 2000 by Ricordi, following his participation in the Newcomers' Section of the 50th Sanremo Music Festival. Moro competed with the song "Un giorno senza fine", placing 13th in a field of 18. In 2004 Moro recorded a Spanish-language version of the song "Situazioni della vita" for the compilation album Italianos para siempre, released in Latin America by Universal and featuring songs performed by several other Italian artists. His following singles, "Eppure pretendevi di essere chiamata amore" and "Ci vuole un business" were released in 2004 and 2005, respectively. In 2007, Moro rose to national fame after competing for a second time in the Newcomers' Section of the Sanremo Music Festival. His entry "Pensa", a rap-influenced anti-Mafia song dedicated to Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino won the Newcomers' competition and received the "Mia Martini" Critics' Award during the 57th edition of the contest. After being released as a single, "Pensa" topped the Italian Singles Chart and entered the top 40 in Switzerland. The song was also included in the album with the same title, which was later certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Fabrizio Moro in concert, 20 July 2007 After his third participation in the Sanremo Music Festival, the first in the section reserved to established artists, Moro released his third studio album in 2008, titled Domani. The first single from the album, "Eppure mi hai cambiato la vita", placed third in the singing competition and became a top ten hit in Italy. In 2009 Moro contributed writing the song "Resta come sei" for the album Diluvio universale by Italian pop rock band Stadio. Moro also appears as a featured artists in the track. On 5 June 2009, he released his first Extended Play, Barabba. The title track was considered by Italian journalists as a reference to Silvio Berlusconi's scandal involving teenager Noemi Letizia. Despite this, he denied any reference to Silvio Berlusconi, claiming the song was written before the scandal was revealed. The following year, Moro competed once again in the Sanremo Music Festival, performing the song "Non è una canzone". During the semi-final, he also performed the song with Spanish band Jarabe de Palo, but he failed to qualify for the final night of the competition. The song was included in the album Ancora Barabba and peaked at number 17 on the Italian FIMI Top Digital Download. In November 2011, Moro debuted as a TV personality, presenting the programme Sbarre, a docu-reality about Italian prisons broadcast by Rai 2. Moro also wrote and performed the programme's theme song, "Respiro", released as a single on 23 September 2011 and included in Moro's first live album, Live Atlantico. As a songwriter, Moro also wrote the songs "Sono solo parole" and "Se non è amore", both released as singles by Noemi and included in the 2012 edition of RossoNoemi and in Rosso Live, respectively. On 11 February 2018, Moro, along with Ermal Meta, won the Big Artists section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018 with the song Non mi avete fatto niente, and as such, represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, reaching fifth place overall. Discography Studio albums {"wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" - ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" Details ! scope="col" colspan="2" Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" Certifications - ! style="font-size:90%;width:3em;" ITA ! style="font-size:90%;width:3em;" SWI - ! scope="row" Fabrizio Moro * Released: 2000 * Label: Ricordi * Format: CD — — - ! scope="row" Ognuno ha quel che si merita * Released: 2005 * Label: Don't Worry Records * Format: CD, digital download — — - ! scope="row" Pensa * Released: 2 March 2007 * Label: La Ciliegia, Warner Music Italy * Format: CD, digital download 15 36 * FIMI: Gold - ! scope="row" Domani * Released: 29 February 2008 * Label: La Ciliegia, Warner Music Italy * Format: CD, digital download 23 62 * FIMI: Gold - ! scope="row" Ancora Barabba * Released: 19 February 2010 * Label: Warner Music * Format: CD, digital download 39 — - ! scope="row" L'inizio * Released: 30 April 2013 * Label: La Fattoria del Moro * Format: CD, digital download 13 — - ! scope="row" Via delle girandole 10 * Released: 17 March 2015 * Label: La Fattoria del Moro * Format: CD, digital download 10 — - ! scope="row" Pace * Released: 10 March 2017 * Label: Sony Music * Format: CD, digital download 2 37 - ! scope="row" Parole rumori e anni * Released: 9 February 2018 * Label: Sony Music * Format: CD, digital download 3 75 - ! scope="row" Figli di nessuno * Released: 12 April 2019 * Label: Sony Music * Format: CD, digital download 2 45 } Live albums {"wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text- align:center;" - ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;" Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" Details ! scope="col" colspan="1" Peak chart positions - ! style="font-size:90%;width:3em;" ITA - ! scope="row" Atlantico Live * Released: 8 November 2011 * Label: Edel * Format: 2× CD+DVD, digital download 40 } Extended plays {"wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" - ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;" Details ! scope="col" colspan="1" Peak chart positions - ! style="font-size:90%;width:3em;" ITA - ! scope="row" Barabba * Released: 5 June 2009 * Label: Warner Music Italy * Format: CD, digital download 39 } Singles { "wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" - ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:22em;" Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;" Year ! scope="col" colspan="4" Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" Album - ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" ITA ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" FRA ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" SWE Heat. ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" SWI - ! scope="row" "Per tutta un'altra destinazione" 1996 — — — — rowspan="2" Fabrizio Moro - ! scope="row" "Un giorno senza fine" 2000 — — — — - ! scope="row" "Eppure pretendevi di essere chiamata amore" 2004 — — — — rowspan="2" Ognuno Ha Quel Che Si Merita - ! scope="row" "Ci vuole un business" 2005 — — — — - ! scope="row" "Pensa" rowspan="3" 2007 1 — — 38 rowspan="3" Pensa - ! scope="row" "Fammi sentire la voce" — — — — - ! scope="row" "Parole rumori e giorni" — — — — - ! scope="row" "Eppure mi hai cambiato la vita" rowspan="2" 2008 8 — — — rowspan="2" Domani - ! scope="row" "Libero" 22 — — — - ! scope="row" "Il senso di ogni cosa" rowspan="2" 2009 9 — — — rowspan="3" Ancora Barabba - ! scope="row" "Barabba" — — — — - ! scope="row" "Non è una canzone" 2010 — — — — - ! scope="row" "Respiro" rowspan="2" 2011 — — — — rowspan="2" Atlantico Live - ! scope="row" "Fermi con le mani" — — — — - ! scope="row" "Sono come sono" rowspan="3" 2013 54 — — — rowspan="3" L'inizio - ! scope="row" "L'eternità" — — — — - ! scope="row" "Babbo Natale esiste" — — — — - ! scope="row" "Acqua" rowspan="2" 2015 — — — — rowspan="2" Via delle Girandole 10 - ! scope="row" "Alessandra sarà sempre più bella" — — — — - ! scope="row" "Sono anni che ti aspetto" 2016 — — — — rowspan="4" Pace - ! scope="row" "Portami via" rowspan="3" 2017 6 — — — - ! scope="row" "Andiamo" — — — — - ! scope="row" "La felicità" — — — — - ! scope="row" "Non mi avete fatto niente" (with Ermal Meta) rowspan="2" 2018 2 134 20 16 rowspan="2" Parole rumori e anni - ! scope="row" "L'eternità (il mio quartiere)" (feat. Ultimo) 1 — — — } Television * Sbarre (2011) – Rai 2, 7 episodes as presenter References External links * Fabrizio Moro at Allmusic Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Italian singer- songwriters Category:Italian male singers Category:Italian pop singers Category:Musicians from Rome Category:Italian television presenters Category:Sanremo Music Festival winners of the newcomers section Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Italy Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2018 Category:Sanremo Music Festival winners Category:21st-century Italian singers Category:21st-century male singers "

❤️ Temple Manor 🐷

"Temple Manor is a scheduled ancient monument (number 1011805) and grade I listed building (number 1120910) in Strood, Kent. The Manor has been owned by various religious, national and farming owners over 600 years. The building has been added to and adapted over the centuries, but the basic structure is now clearly visible. The house is now owned by English Heritage and is open to the public on weekends in season. History Some form of occupation of the site has occurred since Roman times, a burial to the south-east of the present building is thought to date from then. The larger part of the parish of Strood was the rural area stretching south from the urbanised bridgehead along the River Medway. This area formed the Manor of Strood and lay within the Hundred of Shamel. Following The Anarchy of 1135 to 1153 the Crown was in debt to the Knights Templar and probably this was why the manor was given to them in 1159 by Henry II. The manor was in the Hundred of Shamel and the dues and administrative rights went with it. There were only six to fifteen actual Knights Templar in England, along with maybe 140 brethren who handled administration. Strood may not even have had a permanent brethren presence, possibly a lay-reeve or baliff would have run the estate. The Templars established a hall, barns and stables by 1185 but these were in timber and no trace remains above ground. The stone building visible today was originally built around 1240. It is not known precisely why Strood was rebuilt, perhaps to provide suitable lodging for dignitaries travelling along Watling Street between London and the continent via Dover. When the Knights Templar were suppressed in 1312 all their assets passed to the Knights Hospitaller, including Temple Manor. Around this time the building was extended to the north with a ground-floor hall roughly wide. Many of the scattered farm buildings were cleared between 1308–1344 and evidence from archaeology indicates relatively little disturbance during the suppression of the Templars. It is thought therefore that the manor had already become simply a farm to generate rent money for its owner. It is possible that the tenants were the Creyes, known to be the wealthiest family in Strood but who held not feudal lands. An inventory of Templar estates in 1313 lists a hall, a chamber, a chapel and a barn as being at Strood. Some years after the suppression of the Templars, the Grand Prior of the Hospitallers complained that the king was still occupying ex-Templar lands at Denny, Cambridgeshire and Strood. The complaint was to no avail and in 1324 the lands were ceded to the King. In 1342 Edward III granted it to Mary of St Pol, Countess of Pembroke who in turn granted it to her nunnery at Denny Cambridgeshire. Given the lack of transport at the time, it could not have been used to supply the nunnery with goods, and so must have simply been a source of revenue. The following century a new wing was added to the north of the building at its western end, where the entrances are. This wing was (E-W) by (N-S) with a parlour below and chambers above. The ground-floor hall was reduced in status to a kitchen and further additions (in timber) were made to the north. View of Temple Manor from Rochester, 1767 (from Hasted's History of Kent) At the dissolution of the monasteries the Abbey of Denny was dissolved and both it and Temple Manor granted to Edward Elrington in 1539. He sold Temple Manor to the local Cobham family. Following a conviction for conspiracy against James VI and I 1603 Lord Cobham's property was seized by Robert Cecil. Using a London lawyer called Hyde, Cecil sold it on to Ludovic Stewart the future Duke of Richmond. Richmond in his turn sold it to Isaac Blake. The Blake family were possibly the richest family in Strood at the time. The Blakes may have been sitting tenants for some years, Isaac was a Churchwarden and a dealer in iron-ware and possibly scrap. The Blakes were responsible for the brick extensions and continued to hold it until the 18th century. A succession of owners followed and as the fortunes of the estate declined parts were sold off until the residue was sold to the City of Rochester in the 1930s. At this stage it was well cared for and surrounded by a fine garden. Locally there was a debate over its future, the council planned to use the surrounding site for industrial development. Having no obvious use for the house, a committee was formed to preserve it. The Second World War interrupted plans, and by in 1947 the site was recognised and scheduled. However neglect and vandalism had taken their toll; the barn had fallen down and the roof collapsed. In 1950 the building was listed as grade I and any plans for its demolition were thwarted. During the early 1950s the Ministry of Works oversaw work to preserve and restore the building as it can be seen today. Description View from the north-west showing the brick extension and turret The main section of the building has a stone-built vaulted undercroft which supports the single large room above. This style of building is known as a first-floor hall. The upper room (reached by an external stair) was the higher status area, providing accommodation for travelling knights and officials. This original section is by , and the undercroft walls are thick. Construction is of flint and ragstone rubble with ashlar dressings. The doorway to the upper chamber is ornate with Purbeck marble shafts to either side and mouldings above. There was originally a drawbar running into holes. Originally the walls would have been plastered smooth and painted like stone. The original division of the hall was into a high status decorated room to the west and a simpler room to the east. The fireplaces and stack which dominate the room are from the 17th-century modifications by the Blakes. The entrance door led directly into the western room which would have been used for communal activities and for eating. The better lit eastern end was probably a chamber, similar to those provided at episcopal and royal palaces for visiting guests. Heating would have been by brazier, there is plenty of height and no evidence of medieval filerplaces. There is continuous wall seating from which pilars of purbeck marble rose to carry an arcade. This arcade has been mutilated and partially restored. Such plaster as remains carries later graffiti including a name, possibly Cray. The chamber at the eastern end has two splayed recesses, tentatively identified as a wash baison and a privy within a screened off garderobe. Scattered floor tiles have been found and it is probable that the upper floor was tiled prior to the departure of the Templars. At the western end there appears to have been a form of serving hatch from a now lost and unrecorded western extension. A later oven or still is of unknown purpose. The undercroft has three bays of quadrapartite ribbed vaults. The ribs are of simple decoration with excellent dressed infill. Illumination is from wide windows, externally lancet and internally square headed with the original oak lintels still in place. Originally the windows were fitted with iron bars, possibly for security to what was originally, and remained, a cellar. The western extension is of three floors entered by a separate ground floor door. The stair is housed in a turret and gives access to three floors with a single room on each floor. There is no communication between the extension and the original structure. The brickwork is in English bond with moulded string courses. The eastern extension had a small store below supporting a wooden framed gazebo above. The gazebo forms an extension to the original hall and when built would have commanded extensive views over the River Medway. The original situation is best appreciated from the 1767 engraving in Hasted (above). Mature trees and a railway embankment block any such view today. The roof was replaced in the 1950s restoration after much of the original collapsed from the neglect the building suffered during the war. References Footnotes Citations Bibliography * * Listed Building record * Scheduled Ancient Monument record * * External links * Temple Manor – English Heritage Category:Knights Templar Category:Houses in Kent Category:Grade I listed buildings in Kent Category:Medway Category:Historic house museums in Kent Category:Christianity in Kent Category:English Heritage sites in Kent Category:Grade I listed houses "

❤️ C. Allen Clarke 🐷

"Charles Allen Clarke (1863–1935), most widely known as C. Allen Clarke, was an English working-class humorist, novelist, journalist and social investigator from Lancashire. An ILP member and friend of Robert Blatchford, Clarke succeeded Joseph Burgess as editor of the Yorkshire Factory Times. Life Born in Bolton, Clarke left school at thirteen, when he moved with his parents to Mirfield and worked half-time in a mill. The family soon moved back to Bolton, where he continued to work, while studying in his spare time at Hulton School. He became a pupil-teacher there, and he continued to teach for seven years, after which he took a post with the Bolton Evening News. Initially, his work was mundane, copying records and compiling directories, but the local engineers' strike of 1887 inspired him to become more political, and he joined the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) the following year, when Tom Mann founded a local branch.Margaret 'Esipinasse, Dictionary of Labour Biography (vol.5), pp.64–70 Clarke founded his own newspaper in 1890, the Labour Light, on which he employed James Haslam in his first journalistic role. The two also worked with J. R. Clynes in an attempt to found a trade union for cotton piecers in Lancashire. Both projects were unsuccessful, but Clarke founded a new paper in 1891, the Bolton Trotter, which ran as a weekly publication until 1893, together with an annual, the Trotter Christmas Annual. Teddy Ashton's Journal was started in 1896 as a continuation of the Trotter, with Teddy Ashton's Christmas Annual as the associated annual. Clarke continued to edit the publication (as Teddy Ashton's Northern Weekly, Teddy Ashton's Weekly Fellowship and Teddy Ashton's Weekly) for fourteen years.'The Bolton Trotter', The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800–1900 Clarke's best-known novel, The Knobstick (1893), was originally serialised in the Yorkshire Factory Times. It took the 1887 Bolton Engineers' Strike as its backdrop, though Clarke added both a love story and a sensational crime plot. Clarke moved towards spiritualism in the 1890s, affected by some family tragedies and apparently encountering the psychic powers of his second wife. Clarke stood as the Labour Representation Committee candidate for Rochdale at the 1900 UK general election, supported by both the SDF and the Independent Labour Party (ILP), of which he was now also a member. He opposed the Second Boer War, and called for state pensions and the nationalisation of the railways and coal mines. He took 901 votes and third place. In the same year, he moved back to Bolton to become editor of the Northern Weekly, then back to Blackpool in 1906, where he continued to edit the Weekly and Teddy Ashton's Journal. He also wrote for the Liverpool Weekly Post and Blackpool Gazette, and produced a series of novels. Clarke trained his younger brother, Tom Clarke, as a journalist, and Tom later became editor of the Daily News and News Chronicle. Windmill In 1937 Cornelius Bagot of Blackpool donated the windmill at Little Marton to be maintained in memorial to Allen Clarke. The windmill is still there today and is currently maintained by The Friends of Little Marton Windmill Works * In darkest Huddersfield and one way out of it: or, why have we no public library, 1891. * The knobstick: a story of love and labour, 1893. * The friend of Santa Claus, and other stories, 1893. * Tales of a deserted village, 1894. * The witch of Eagle's Crag, 1895. * Old tales for young folks, 1895. * "Voices", and other verses, 1895. * What do we live for, 1896. * The effects of the factory system, 1899. * A great catch: a comedietta in three scenes: for five females and a baby * Woman's chance: a comedietta in three scenes: for three females, 1901. * Starved into surrender, 1904. * Lancashire lasses and lads, 1906. * Tum Fowt Sketches. no. 1-32, 1922. * The story of Blackpool, 1923. * Windmill land stories, 1924. * Teddy Ashton's Lancashire poems, 1928. * Blackpool: walks and rides in the fylde and over wyre, 1930. * Windmill land: rambles in a rural, old-fashioned country with chat about its history and romance, 1933. References Category:1863 births Category:1935 deaths Category:19th-century English novelists Category:20th-century English novelists Category:English male journalists Category:Independent Labour Party politicians Category:English male novelists Category:Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Category:Social Democratic Federation members Category:People from Bolton Category:19th-century British male writers Category:20th-century British male writers "