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I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I was on the tube with a chainsaw looking for any likely candidate.

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Jo Brand
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 3
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Josephine Grace Brand
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Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.
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By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout.
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