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Mary Portas

Kirsty Young's castaway is the retail expert Mary Portas.

Kirsty Young's castaway is Mary Portas.

She's made an art-form out of turning heads, and her galleries have been the enormous plate-glass windows of Harrods, Topshop and Harvey Nichols.

These days she brings retail therapy to small traders, helping them to hold their own against the high street's big names.

Record: Casta Diva from Norma
Book: The works of Rumi, Persian poet and philosopher
Luxury: 'A set of different fragrances from the people I love'.

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 15 Jan 2010 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

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Music Played

  • Van Morrison

    Queen of the Slipstream

    • Poetic Champions Compose: Van Morrison.
    • Mercury.

  • Mungo Jerry

    In the Summertime

    • 18 Chart Hits: Vol.1.
    • Pickwick.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Vincenzo Bellini

      Casta diva (from Norma)

      Soloist: Maria Callas

  • Marvin Gaye

    What's Going On?

    • What’s Going On.
    • Motown.

  • The Cure

    Inbetween Days

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Fiction.

  • Sunhouse

    Crazy on the Weekend

    • Crazy on the Weekend.
    • INDEPEDIENTE.

  • Caetano Veloso

    Cucurrucucu Paloma

    • Hable Con Ella soundtrack.
    • MILAN.

  • Radiohead

    Fake Plastic Trees

    • Best of Radiohead.

  • Book Choice

    • Works - Rumi

  • Luxury Choice

    • A set of different fragrances from the people I love'

Credits

Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest Mary Portas

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Jan 2010 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 15 Jan 2010 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

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