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'I have never acted on a press release or gone out to dinner with a PR. I think PR is a ridiculous job. They are the headlice of civilisation'

'Islington is about as far as you can get from London without needing yellow-fever jabs'

'Rolf Harris is a difficult man to hate but that shouldnt stop us trying'

'Proof that God has an odd sense of humour - after inventing Haute Cuisine he gave it to the French'

'All I can think of the Middle Ages is that everything must have chafed terribly'

Born in Edinburgh, Edinburgh and the Lothians
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Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative - John Lydon (Johnny Rotten)
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On this day:
First Town Incorporated by English Parliament - 1439, Battle of Brentford - 1642, Battle of Preston - 1715, Elgar opens Abbey Road recording studios - 1931, First Photo of Nessie - 1933, Tirpitz Sunk - 1944, End of the Pound note - 1984, Tim Berners-Lee Proposes world wide web - 1990, Absolutely Fabulous Debuts - 1992, Gary Glitter Jailed - 1999
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