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== Cultural references == {{in popular culture|section|date=April 2021}} * The Isle of Thanet is mentioned in the 1977 [[Ian Dury]] song "[[Billericay Dickie]]": "I'd rendezvous with Janet, quite near the Isle of Thanet, she looked more like a gannet, she wasn't half a prannet".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songlyrics.com/ian-dury-the-blockheads/billericay-dickie-lyrics/ |title=Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Billericay Dickie Lyrics |publisher=Songlyrics.com |access-date=29 July 2014}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2021}} * It is also mentioned in the 2002 song "She's in Broadstairs" by [[Half Man Half Biscuit]] on their album ''[[Cammell Laird Social Club]]'': "I'm on another planet, She's on the Isle of Thanet".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/cammell-laird-social-club-2002/shes-in-broadstairs/ |website=The Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project |title=She's In Broadstairs |access-date=1 May 2015 }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2021}} * The 2021 novel ''Dreamland'' by [[Rosa Rankin-Gee]] is mostly set on the Isle of Thanet.{{cn|date=September 2024}}
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