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I planned how I would kill myself in the time of Churchill (stand under bombs), Victoria (throw myself under a horse), and Henry the Eighth (marry Henry the Eighth)- Little Bee

Chris Cleave

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Chris Cleave
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 14
Journalist
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