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Saturday Live: Caroline Hirons

11/07/2020

Caroline Hirons

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Caroline Hirons

The Repair Shop's Jay Blades and the Inheritance Tracks of Martha Wainwright.

Caroline Hirons, dubbed the most powerful woman in beauty; the Repair Shop's Jay Blades; and Inheritance Tracks from Martha Wainwright.

Richard Coles and Viv Groskop are joined by aesthetician and skin expert Caroline Hirons.  She went from counter girl to being dubbed the most powerful woman in the beauty industry, her blog has clocked up over a hundred thousand views and her book has just become the second ever on beauty to go to number one in the charts.

And furniture restorer Jay Blades, known for TV's The Repair Shop on why he cares so much about old things and the stories behind them.

Annie Atkins is a graphic designer who inhabits a secret world - if you notice her work – it usually means she hasn’t done her job properly.  She joins us to discuss her journey to Grand Budapest hotels and Boxtrolls.

We also have Antony Barlow, a listener who contacted us about a secret he kept from his family until they opened a letter meant for him.

and Martha Wainwright choose Me Myself I by Joan Armatrading and Going to a Town by Rufus Wainwright.

plus your "thank you".

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Editor: Eleanor Garland

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