Before the fame, sequins and smash hits, Boy George was just another schoolboy growing up in Eltham. Boy George, born George O’Dowd in Bexley, Kent, became a defining figure of 1980s British pop.

Julie Abraham, chief executive of music equipment retailer Richer Sounds, who last year signed a letter welcoming Reeves becoming the first female chancellor, said while she was not a fan of all of ...