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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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Canterbury Monks Observe Massive Meteor Event - 1178, Battle of Sevenoaks - 1450, 1st British Life Insurance Policy - 1583, Battle of Chalgrove Field - 1643, Johnson Contracts to Produce His Dictionary - 1746, Battle of Waterloo - 1815, Redcoats Drop Breeches - 1823, Staines Air Disaster - 1972, Battle of Orgreave - 1984
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