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THE EDIT: Interior Designer Lisa Burdus On What Jeremy Clarkson Really Wanted In His Man Bar

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Show Notes

Interior designer Lisa Burdus on packing up her life in Sydney for a six-year "gap chapter" in the Cotswolds, tracking down a long-lost 1970s artist for Jeremy Clarkson's man bar, and why she thinks everyone should just be brave with colour.

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