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A Day in the Life of…

Florence, or ‘Flea’ as she’s known, burst onto the pottery scene as a contestant on the 2020 series of The Great Pottery Throw Down. She currently lives in the Bahamas, and here she shares a typical – idyllic! – day

I tend to wake up naturally at 6am. I lie on my yoga mat and stretch out before my children begin to creep into our bedroom. We sit down for

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