Past Imperfect: Nadiya Hussain

Past Imperfect: Nadiya Hussain

Author: The Times February 21, 2021 Duration: 49:54

In this special bonus edition we are bringing you an episode from another Times podcast - Past Imperfect.


Nadiya Hussain MBE rose to fame after winning The Great British Bake Off back in 2015. She talks to Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thomson about the way her life has changed since then and how the abuse that she faced as a child inspired her to be a force for change.


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