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'I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body'

'The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste'

Born in Leicester, Leicestershire
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Sexual intercourse is like having someone else blow your nose - Philip Larkin
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On this day:
The Battle of Basing - 0871, 1st British Colonists reach New Zealand - 1840, Spanish Steamer Sinks SS Northfleet - 1873, Battle of Isandlwana - 1879, Queen Victoria dies - 1901, Ramsay MacDonald becomes Britain's 1st Labour PM - 1924, BBC Broadcasts 1st live Football Commentary - 1927, Public Sector Strike Begins - 1979, Space Invaders Hit UK - 1979
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