Linda Pilkington: the sweet smell of scented-candle success

Linda Pilkington started making candles to relieve the boredom of rural Cheshire life. Now her luxury fragrance and candles business counts actresses Goldie Hawn and Emma Thompson among its celebrity fans.

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When Linda Pilkington (pictured) and her sisters were growing up, they dealt with the ennui of having little to do in their small Cheshire village by making beeswax candles to "flog to their neighbours", says Joanna Bourke in the Evening Standard.

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