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Radio 3,4 mins

New Generation Thinker 2014: Daisy Hay on finding Disraeli’s hair in the Bodleian archives

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Daisy Hay looks at the Victorian practice of keeping hair as a personal memento. Daisy Hay of the University of Exeter is one of this year's New Generation Thinkers. Photo: © Steven G Haywood.

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