Marks & Spencer is to launch a clothing repair service. The retailer will offer alterations and repairs to customers from August amid increased demand for…
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From swimwear to toys: how to go plastic-free for a day at the beach
Pre-1950, we just didn’t take plastic to the beach. Now it’s virtually impossible not to, even if it’s just you and your swimmers. “If you’re…
View More From swimwear to toys: how to go plastic-free for a day at the beachBorrow a tent and bring food: how to cut the cost of UK summer music festivals
Volunteer to get free passes You can get into festivals for free by offering to work during the event. Websites such as Festaff offer easy…
View More Borrow a tent and bring food: how to cut the cost of UK summer music festivalsFast fashion is wasteful, and thrifting is flawed. The solution: swap!
Jannine Mancilla, 32, and Nicole Macias, 34, bonded over a shared love of DIY fashion and hand-me-downs, and frustrations with an environmentally destructive industry and…
View More Fast fashion is wasteful, and thrifting is flawed. The solution: swap!‘Every package carries a hidden cost’: is it better for the environment to shop online or in-store?
Packages arrive at my house more than I’d like to admit. Whether they contain cosmetics, swimwear, T-shirts or socks, the sight of a brown cardboard…
View More ‘Every package carries a hidden cost’: is it better for the environment to shop online or in-store?‘We can’t carry on’: the godfather of microplastics on how to stop them
In September 1993, during a beach clean on the Isle of Man, Richard Thompson noticed thousands of multicoloured fragments at his feet, looking like sand.…
View More ‘We can’t carry on’: the godfather of microplastics on how to stop them‘I’m a beauty addict’: women tell of how they spend thousands on products and treatments
Jenny, a retired nurse from Devon, describes herself as a skincare addict. “I discovered [TV shopping channel] QVC the year after I retired, and pretty…
View More ‘I’m a beauty addict’: women tell of how they spend thousands on products and treatmentsUK charity shops: insiders’ tips on getting the best bargains
“Thrifting” is soaring in popularity as the cost of living crisis bites, and it’s more sustainable, too. So how can you become a pro and…
View More UK charity shops: insiders’ tips on getting the best bargainsLuxury goods boom in Britain as super-rich youngsters buck the recession
They’re young, rich and mortgage-free, and the scions of the 1% are having a roaring twenties. Despite the economic gloom currently shrouding the UK and…
View More Luxury goods boom in Britain as super-rich youngsters buck the recessionHot sellers: onesies are back as Britons try to save on energy bills
The onesie was a sales sensation a decade ago but now the all-in-one is making a high street comeback as this winter’s hottest trend is…
View More Hot sellers: onesies are back as Britons try to save on energy bills