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Eleanor Burnard

Eleanor Burnard

The Guardian

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Despite what social media tells me, I’m looking forward to getting older and earning my greys

Despite what social media tells me, I’m looking forward to getting older and earning my greys

About a decade ago, on the eve of my 20th birthday, I was paralysed with an impending sense of existential doom. With my teenage years now behind me I...

16.05.2026 10

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Eleanor Burnard

The 2016 trend is giving me absolute chills. But could it be the cure for this new-year funk?

20.01.2026 20

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Eleanor Burnard

Does my obsession with old trinkets make me a hoarder or a sentimental maximalist?

18.01.2026 20

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Eleanor Burnard

Some like it hot: why cold Christmases are a feeble imitation of celebrating in summer

24.12.2025 50

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Eleanor Burnard

I’ve always wanted to be seen as ‘cool’, but it’s time to face the music: I am anything but

11.09.2025 20

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Eleanor Burnard

Dear gen Z, take a lesson from this zillennial: to be cringe is to be free

01.09.2025 100

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Eleanor Burnard