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The Repair Shop

Life in the Barn: The Inside Stories from the Experts

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The Repair Shop

By: Jay Blades - Foreward, Jayne Dowle
Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
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About this listen

In today's throwaway culture, there's a counter movement growing that urges us to 'make do and mend'. The Repair Shop has brought this waste-conscious message to an even wider audience, with its regular viewing figures of seven million in the UK alone, cementing itself as a classic series in the vein of Antiques Roadshow.

This new book concentrates on the show's much-loved experts, including woodworker and furniture restorer Will Kirk, clock restorer Steve Fletcher, metalworker Dominic Chinea, silversmith Brenton West, leatherworker Suzie Fletcher, upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary and seamstresses Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch—a.k.a. The Teddy Bear Ladies. Each of the experts shares their own stories and their repairs, capturing in the process the magic and ethos of the barn. Includes quotations and Q & As from the experts as well as Jay Blades on some unique restoration collaborations.

With the focus on the experts themselves, listeners will feel as though they're stepping straight into the 'workshop of dreams' and experiencing first-hand the magic of the barn.

©2022 Jay Blades (P)2022 Octopus Publishing Group Crafts & Hobbies Home Design & Renovation House & Home Magic
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So, the book is great for learning the back stories of the specialists! But, the narrator was an interesting choice. For this book to work, it would have been best to have the actual specialists reading their chapters. This clearly wasn’t an option, so they picked a man with a strong accent. This would have worked if he simply read the book. Instead, he tries to do the accents/voices of the people. This means the women are a deep cockney accent pretending to be a woman. It’s like one of those terrible drag shows where everyone knows the “woman” has a outtie rather than an innie because of the body build, the terrible costume, make up and wig and the accent which makes them sound like a puppet. Sometimes, no pretending it better. If you can’t do the voice realistically, don’t do it at all. That approach would definitely have helped his performance.
But, once you get used to him, it’s a good listen.

Er… accents?!?!

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the worst purchase I've made in audible, expecting to hear authentic speech from the repair shop, got none. tried to return this useless book but told I couldn't as it wasn't a credit. do not waste your money on this fake crap.

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