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Christmas 1972. My mother and I lived at my grandparents’, and my grandad had had a stroke. I wanted Father Christmas to bring me a castle for Christmas. I did not realise this was essentially asking my cash-strapped mother for an extra and expensive gift. But Father Christmas delivered the castle, and it was waiting…
Like so many of my generation, I came to London in the mid-Seventies in search of sensation; the legendary Hope And Anchor pub rock scene of The Feelgoods and Ducks Deluxe; the then exotic delights of London’s take-away food community, Italian Pizza, Indian Curry, Kentucky chicken, and Chinese Chinese; the availability of cheap speed; and,…
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Rudeness, Youtube
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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John Robins, Comedian
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Idrie, Youtube
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter