Nicky Haslam

Madly Modern Mary overcomes childhood hardships to become the Queen of Shops

Nicky Haslam admires the thoroughly extraordinary Mary Portas, monarch of the malls

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issue 14 March 2015
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    Mary Portas

    Doubleday, pp. 288

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