Peggy Makins

Agony aunt
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IntroAgony aunt
PlacesUnited Kingdom
isJournalist Columnist
Work fieldJournalism
Gender
Female
BirthHammersmith
Death8 December 2011
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Biography

Peggy Makins (1916-2011) was an English agony aunt, who wrote for Woman magazine under the pen name Evelyn Home.
She was born in Hammersmith, London, England, in 1916.
She took over the column in Woman at the age of 21, having previously been its sub-editor, and continued to write it until retirement.
She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 8 May 1988. She also contributed regularly to Thought For The Day on the Home Service.
She died on 8 December 2011.

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