Opinion July 2009 - Second glance: Mary's Orpington makeover miracle
For our summer edition Nick Cater looks into the goings on behind the BBC2 TV programme Mary Queen of Charity Shops and discovers what all the fuss was about

Given the learning curve about volunteering she was forced to climb, retail guru Mary Portas should have been breathless by the end of her recent BBC TV series “Mary, Queen of Charity Shops”.
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