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Zoe Chamberlain
Parenting writer Birmingham Post, Birmingham Mail and Sunday Mercury
From MC Hammer trousers to London Fashion Week for Halesowen designer Tamara Joseph
Retail & Consumer
Zoe Chamberlain meets a Midland designer who has held her first show at London Fashion Week
From rat race to chicken shed
Retail & Consumer
When Tim Halket gave it all up he had no idea he could turn a passion for food into a hit cookbook.
Review: Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella, at Birmingham Hippodrome
Retail & Consumer
Matthew Bourne is the king of the caricature.
The former Birmingham punk turned fashion designer for the country set
Retail & Consumer
With his punk-fusion rural inspired countrywear, Birmingham born designer Upender Mehra has shaken up the attitudes of the gentry, writes Zoe Chamberlain.
Photo studio takes the burlesque to your bedroom
Retail & Consumer
Zoe Chamberlain talks to a photographer helping women build confidence using a touch of the burlesque Rachel Spivey’s studio is an Aladdin’s cave of feathers, fabrics, mirrors, hats, feathers – and even nipple tassels. For Rachel is not your average photographer. She turns ordinary women into extraordinary glamour models, empowering them with enough confidence to feel like burlesque stars with her boudoir photography. “Women love the glamour of it,” says the 38-year-old from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. “They like the fact that it’s a bit naughty. You might not show your mum the pictures but it’s not rude or salacious.”
Mistletoe and holly auction thriving at Tenbury Wells
Economic Development
A bumper crop of mistletoe and holly is attracting hundreds of buyers to a series of annual auctions in Worcestershire.
Welcome to England's Mistletoe Town
Retail & Consumer
A bumper crop of mistletoe and holly is attracting hundreds of buyers to a series of annual auctions in Worcestershire.
Fresh life for those 'pre-loved' clothes
Retail & Consumer
Discarded charity shop clothes are being transformed and re-designed into chic children’s wear.
How having an ear removed saved the life of a Harborne woman
Retail & Consumer
Like many people, Sue Riddell was a sun-worshipper in her teens.
Entrepreneur Beryl sets up cosmetic surgery business
Economic Development
An entrepreneur who was devastated after her plastic surgery went wrong has taken action by setting up her own company.
Business Profile: Palvika Rathod
Economic Development
Zoe Chamberlain speaks to fashion entrepreneur Palvika Rathod.
Thalidomide victim Louise getting on with life
Retail & Consumer
The shocking effects of the thalidomide drug have been hitting the headlines again as more and more of the disabled children of the 1960s are now struggling financially.
Poles apart from sun and sand
Retail & Consumer
Mother-of-three Kay White tells Zoe Chamberlain about her world of adventures.
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