The Repair Shop, Jay Blades
The Repair Shop, Jay Blades
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The Repair Shop
LIFE IN THE BARN: The Inside Stories from the Experts

Author: Jay Blades, Jayne Dowle, Jayne Dowle

Narrator: Ben Onwukwe

Unabridged: 4 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Kyle Books

Published: 10/13/2022


Synopsis

'Heartwarming, magical and uplifting'

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 7 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 & Amanda Middleditch - aka 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, readers will feel as though they're stepping straight into the 'workshop of dreams' and experiencing first hand the magic of the barn.

2022 Octopus Publishing Group

About Jay Blades

An ambassador of the Prince's Foundation and Co-Chair of Heritage Crafts, Jay is a furniture restorer, author, and TV presenter, best known for his role as host of the BBC One prime time hit show, The Repair Shop. In 2021, Jay published his first book Making It: How Love, Kindness and Community Helped Me repair My Life, an instant Sunday Times bestseller. His second book, Jay's DIY Bible: How To Repair and Refresh Your Home was published in 2022, and his third, Life Lessons, was published in September 2023.In 2023, Jay and The Repair Shop team won a Bafta in the Daytime category for The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit. Jay is First Chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University and was appointed an MBE in the 2021 Birthday Honours. He recently appeared on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Jay grew up in Hackney and lives in Shropshire.

About Jayne Dowle

Elizabeth Wilhide is a leading expert on design and interiors. She has written numerous books on the subject, including William Morris: Décor and Design, Pattern Design and The Great Pottery Throw Down.Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople as they bring loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold, back to life.In his Foreword, Jay Blades explains the unique magic of the Repair Shop barn, then each of the expert craftspeople reveal the inside stories of their craft and the repairs of treasured possessions that keep family history live using their heritage craft skills. As a heartwarming and uplifting antidote to throwaway culture,the BBC's BAFTA Award Winning The Repair Shop has become essential TV viewing across the generations and has established itself as a firm favourite with viewers.Instagram: @therepairshop.tv


Reviews

I love The Repair Shop, everything about it amazes me. The warmth that oozes from it to people mending things that are broken or well worn, I am in awe of it all and wonder where in the world did they learn their craft. I also wonder if I have anything they’d like to repair with sentimental value an......more

Goodreads review by Simon

Very unusual for me to read a non-crime book but I just love The Repair Shop programme. This book was available from Amazon at a bargain price. Very interesting to read the backgrounds of the various experts from the barn. Also really interesting to read about the various items they encounter. Only o......more