If you grew up in Britain during the 1970s, 80s or 90s, the words “school dinner” can bring back a surprisingly vivid collection of memories. Not just the food itself, but the smell of the dining hall, the noise, the plastic cups, the dinner ladies, the trays, the queues and the eternal question: “What’s for pudding?” School dinners were rarely fancy. They didn't need to be. They were filling, familiar […]

Most people would probably say they weren't collectors when they were growing up. They didn't have display cabinets full of rare objects. They weren't spending weekends at collectors' fairs. They didn't have spreadsheets keeping track of everything they owned. And yet, if you're Gen X, there's a very good chance you accumulated quite a collection of things. You just didn't call it collecting. You called it keeping stuff. Some of […]