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Sept 2023
Gyles Brandreth endures sleepless night in 'tilting' Harrogate hotel bed
TV personality Gyles Brandreth has bemoaned the state of a Harrogate hotel after enduring a sleepless night on a tilting bed.
The author and raconteur appeared at the Royal Hall last night for his one-man show Gyles Brandreth Can't Stop Talking.
His prolific tweets indicated the evening went well — until it was time for bed.
At about 7am this morning, he posted the following unappealing image and said:
In response to a tweet suggesting he should have called reception, he said:
Mr Brandreth declined calls to name and shame the establishment to his 208,000 followers.
After his show last night he hailed the "warm and wonderful audience" and said it was "a privilege to be be on the stage that both Ken Dodd & Marlene Dietrich once appeared on. Not together. (Though wouldn’t that have been glorious?)".
He later praised The Ivy for its "delicious post-show supper: cheese soufflé followed by iced berries".
Mr Brandreth added:
However, his night appeared to go downhill once he left The Ivy.
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