Many happy returns: sustainable startups are turning a profit from your unwanted clothes

For many, the Boxing Day sales are a festive tradition, but last week major retailers from Next to John Lewis announced that their stores would stay closed as they expected…

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From climate denial to gothic movies to ‘treat culture’ … what to expect in 2025

Foreign affairs The only thing that can be predicted with absolute certainty about Donald Trump’s second term as US president is that it will be unpredictable. Trump does not really…

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Editors’ picks: sparkle for the party season – in pictures

Bemi Shaw, contributing stylist ‘If you’re not ready for full embellishment, a few light touches are a great way to dip into the trend.’ Bomber £192, diesel.com. Strapless top £265,…

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Oatmeal Crackers

The concept for these oatmeal crackers is straight-forward. You make a pot of oatmeal, combine it with rye & all-purpose flour and a few seasonings, then work it all into…

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The year in stuff – from chicken wine to cucumbers and mini mullets

White ribbed sports socks Nothing captured the divide between millennials and gen Z better than whether your socks hit your calf. View image in fullscreen Hot rodent men Did we…

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Iris Apfel remembered by Duro Olowu

It’s impossible to imagine a person’s absence when it seems, like Iris Apfel, that they were always here. Iris was a woman who understood the transformative and inspiring power of…

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Meet the Party Jean – the answer to your New Year’s Eve prayers | Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion

There is a moment about halfway through Christmas dinner when the cracker hats have slipped askew, shoes been kicked off under the table and belts un-notched, that marks the official…

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Safe Botox isn’t only for Harley Street – it should be on the high street, too | Sali Hughes on beauty

Every couple of years, I’m invited on to some radio show on the implicit understanding that as a Guardian beauty columnist, I’ll sound suitably appalled and outraged by the latest opening of…

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How swamp, olive and brat came to rule 2024

As with many of this year’s big political predictions, the pollsters got it wrong. Pantone declared last December that “peach fuzz” – a honeyed-take on the previous Barbified year –…

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Panettone Bread Pudding

I’m somewhat of a grump about bread pudding. It’s not that I don’t like it, but to me, bread pudding is something you eat at home, like fruit salad. I…

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