In this week’s edition of Trends & Artefacts, we round up the snackable trends, stats and insights from around the world, including:

• Aldi Maps the UK's Grocery Price Gap

• Radisson RED Hotels Launch Music Tourism

• Divorce Rings Replace Wedding Bands

• Explainer: Poetcore

• Claridge's Opens Nostalgic British Bakery

In this week’s edition of Trends & Artefacts, we round up the snackable trends, stats and insights from around the world, including:

• Men's Makeup Market Reaches $7.1 Billion in US

• Pet Deathcare is Getting Digital

• Competency P*rn Becomes 2026's Escapism

• Explainer: Bookstreaming

• Sony Launches First Turntables Since 2019

In this week’s edition of Trends & Artefacts, we round up the snackable trends, stats and insights from around the world, including:

• Reddit Becomes UK's Fourth Largest Social Platform

• Camping Trailer Doubles as Home Backup Generator

• People Build Apps Just for Themselves

• Explainer: Disgustingly Educated Trend

• Tokyo Cassette Café Turns Friction Into Feature

In this week’s edition of Trends & Artefacts, we round up the snackable trends, stats and insights from around the world, including:

• IKEA Launches Broccoli Leaf Soup

• Premium Beverages Thrive as Affordable Luxuries

• ASOS Charges Serial Returners Handling Fees

• Explainer: Soft Partying

• Beauty Brands Resurrect Exact 1990s Formulas

I’m oldschool. I need to write things down by hand when I need to think. But I increasingly found that I was one of the few people who had a notebook and a pen, instead of typing on a smartphone or taking screenshots.

Then I started see in @YouScan social listening data, that what was once tagged as a "grandma hobby" tag, is now resurging as digital detox.

When AI can be generated everything instantly, the things that take time increase in value. Handwriting is becoming a proof of presence. A way of saying: I was here, I chose these words, and that mattered.

I wrote about handwriting as post-AI behaviour, why people are reconsidering pen and paper again, what they're really opting out of, and why the resurgence is more complicated than it looks.

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In this week’s edition of Trends & Artefacts, we round up the snackable trends, stats and insights from around the world, including:

• Vinyl Sales Rise for 19th Consecutive Year

• Comfort Becomes Fashion's Design Standard

• Set-Jetting Becomes an $8 Billion Industry

• Explainer: Glomads

• Amtrak Ridership Jumps 10% as Flying Worsens