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• Boxing Day sales: what to shop for in fashion

  25-12-2018 12:00
  Here’s how to shop smart at the sales and keep yourself ahead of the curveIn 2019, impulse buys are over. With sustainability at the forefront of the style agenda, and sales expected to be driven by online rather than the high street, shopping should be a calmer experience.Shop smart at the sales by buying items that you can wear now but also for seasons to come. Spend 10 minutes Googling “spring/summer 2019” to keep yourself ahead of the curve, and don’t go for any curre
  
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• 'London can feel impersonal': why two men are replicating it in gingerbread

  25-12-2018 08:30
  Oliver Singleton and Jon Armistead create gingerbread houses of their favourite neighbourhood establishments – and make a surprise deliveryAs we approach the fifth anniversary of Guardian Cities, we’re proudest of one thing above all. In an age of division and negativity, the conversation among our readers – both in the comment threads below our pieces and across social media – is surprisingly positive and constructive.Of course we get the odd threat, and person claiming
  
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