Claire Jackson

John Lewis’s Christmas decorations are its tackiest yet

30 November 2025 4:00 pm

John Lewis’s new ‘heirloom splendour’ Christmas decorations range features baubles that mimic a miniature vacuum cleaner, sewing machine, TV –…

When did libraries become so noisy?

13 September 2025 3:00 pm

Beside me, children sing the ‘Hokey Cokey’. I subconsciously put my left foot in – and out – under the…

The bloody confessions of a Claire’s Accessories ear piercer

7 September 2025 3:30 pm

During the early noughties, I pierced hundreds of ears at Claire’s Accessories, the chain store that collapsed into administration last…