‘I go to charity shops, buy ugly clothes, design, rework and sew them then sell them on. It’s better for the environment, I make money and someone gets a cute top.’ Proudly sitting in front of her sewing machine, Harriet lets me know that it too was thrifted, ‘For only a tenner’. She shows me […]
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Controversial pumpkins still on sale in Cheltenham
Cheltenham’s Poundland store was still selling a controversial artificial pumpkin this lunchtime – despite a pledge to pull the product from shelves across the country. Earlier this month, Poundland began stocking polystyrene pumpkins on its shelves ahead of Halloween. Uproar broke out on social media because polystyrene can take up to 500 years to biodegrade. Several […]
Has Baby Jesus finally grown up?
Is the traditional nativity now all about dancing camels and laughing lobsters? Fairies, Aliens, Elvis Presley and even recycling bins, this is how some schools do it. But here in Gloucestershire, they like to keep things traditional, with a snippet of dancing camels and laughing lobsters. Nicky Farrow, a teacher at Naunton Primary School said: “Sometimes […]