Anne de Courcy returns to the podcast by popular demand to talk about her astonishing book on Coco Chanel, and the glamorous but dangerous society that she dominated. 

From the most deprived of backgrounds Chanel conquered the worlds of fashion and perfume. With her fast friends, wealthy and titled lovers and her appetite for the best things in life she basically ran the ’scene’ in Paris and the French Riviera. 

Then war, occupation and the systematic murder of French Jews presented her with some terrible choices.

Her decision to work with the occupying authorities and take a powerful Nazi lover has cast a shadow over her reputation. But was her ‘collaboration horizontale’ forgivable? 

Here is the article in which Phil mentioned the BBC's 'Niven Car' business in the 1980s...

https://thecritic.co.uk/im-done-with-po-faced-politicians/

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