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Blakes Hotel in South Kensington was a particular favourite of mine during what I affectionately think of as my Restless Years.

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Julie Burchill
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: July 3
Journalist
Novelist
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Frenchay
Gloucestershire
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Kensington
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