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Mar 2021
42m 30s

Isabel Allende, Erna Solberg, music with...

Bbc Radio 4
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<p>Anita Rani talks to the Chilean author Isabel Allende, also to the Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg. To mark International Women's Day we have music with Madeleine Mitchell &amp; Errollyn Wallen and we look at the future of workwear post lockdown. Will power suits and formal wear be a thing of the past after a year of lounging in comfies? Emma Jacobs ... Show More
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