Making do with nothing new

Nine To Noon

English - November 28, 2019 20:40 - 10 minutes - 9.48 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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Robyn Annear is the author of five books on history and her latest work is titled Nothing New - a history of second hand.
An avid Op shopper, she'll discuss what buying things second hand means to different people: treasure or junk?
She says the rampant consumerism of the past decade or so, is an aberration when put in a historical context.