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3 days ago

Received an unwanted gift? Here is your failsafe guide to how to respond | Polly Hudson

Feigned gratitude for imperfect Christmas gifts preserves relationships and prevents hurting well-meaning givers' feelings.
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2 months ago

High street heroes: how the humble charity shop is shifting clothes by getting creative

This was not your usual fashion show. First, I've rarely seen a more exuberant bunch of models all unpaid volunteers living their best lives. Second, everything was secondhand, from a charity shop called Second Life in East Sussex. And third, half of it was sold that day, even the damaged pieces. Second Life's annual fashion show, held over the summer, is just one of the creative ways the shop keeps its harder-to-sell clothing out of incinerators, landfill and developing countries' illegal dumps.
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