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Is DIY dead?

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A report by the London School of Economics and Hull University indicates that men are increasingly abandoning simple jobs around the home, and paying others to do them. Journalist Toby Young and the first man to win Big Brother, Craig Phillips, who's also a bit of a handyman, discuss whether this means modern man is a practical failure, or has it always been preferable to have home improvements done professionally?

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