96 - Dame Esther Rantzen

96 - Dame Esther Rantzen

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My guest today is one of the original supermodels, she is a style icon of the Swinging Sixties, and David Bailey’s muse. Her autobiographical novel Piece Of My Heart, looks with brutal honesty at the dizzying impact of sudden fame and shares the inside scoop on ‘60’s fashion and ...  Show more

118 - Deborah Meaden

My guest on the Positivity Podcast today is a highly-successful entrepreneur - famous for being one of the investors on the BBC show Dragons’ Den. Her latest project is a book for teenagers ‘Deborah Meaden Talks Money.’ I’m talking today with Deborah Meaden. 

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