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The villainisation of clutter has perhaps been most insistently pushed by the “tidying up” guru Marie Kondo.
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Rob Walker
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Several years before she died, my mother began sending me things – ostensibly significant objects. These included expected items like jewellery and photographs, and also puzzling ones.
For example, one afternoon I opened a package containing a carefully wrapped 20cm-tall ceramic leprechaun that I don’t recall ever having seen. My family has no connection to Ireland.
