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Gone Today, Hair Tomorrow

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Mon 9 May 2011 11:00 BBC Radio 4

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30 minutes
First broadcast:
Monday 09 May 2011

Gone Today, Hair Tomorrow- For centuries hair has been used as a symbol of remembrance; from a simple lock kept to the more intricate practice of weaving hair into bracelets or its use in art and jewellery. In this programme the historian and biographer Juliette Barker traces these practices through history and talks to some modern collectors. Now that it has become apparent that hair offers us the chance to retrieve good quality DNA could it be about to enjoy a renaissance as favoured medium once more by which we remember our loved ones and ancestors?

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