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I did a load of medicine cabinets a long time ago and I named them after Sex Pistols songs. I suppose I must be getting old if I'm naming work after Philip Larkin poems.

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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
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Bristol
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Damien Steven Hirst
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