Charity Shop World

Author and journalist Hoskins investigates the global fashion industry. She also volunteers at a charity shop. This is her brilliant and galvanising investigation into what happens to donated items, especially those not sold. From used underwear to wolf pelts and the irresponsibility of high-street fashion brands, it is a sometimes amusing, frequently shocking account of the consequences of consumerism and needing to rid ourselves of an avalanche of “stuff”, and of those on the margins of society for whom charity shops – and the human connection they provide – are also a lifeline. Read it and you will donate (and hopefully also buy) more responsibly.