'We needed our Xanadu… we found it in Margate,’ says The Libertines' Carl Barat

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'We needed our Xanadu… we found it in Margate,’ says The Libertines' Carl Barat

ON a cool early spring Tuesday afternoon, all is quiet on the Eastern Esplanade, Margate. Just past Superior Slots and Bugsy’s Tenpin Bowling, I arrive at an imposing terrace of five-storey townhouses in varying states of repair. Ed CookeI’m meeting Barât, front right, to mark the band’s fourth studio album (and first in nine years), the wildly entertaining, fittingly titled All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade[/caption] Ed CookeForget the sleazy …