Tansy E Hoskins

Featured

Charity Shop World

"Few writers could hold the scale of a global waste trade and the intimacy of a shop counter in the same sentence - Charity Shop World does it on every page."

Featured

'A book which anyone who has ever bought clothes should read'

Read, watch and listen to press coverage of Charity Shop World

Featured

Let's keep in touch

Sign up for my free newsletter on worker’s rights, environmentalism, fashion consumption, my books & much more.

Featured

What links royal billionaires to charity shops?

New investigation published in The Telegraph

Featured

All of Tansy's books

'A masterclass in unpicking the threads of injustice, exploitation and oppression woven into our clothing.'

'I Love Boosters' stole my heart

What can crooked rooms and shoplifting tell us about capitalism and fashion?

Book Tour

Book tour - get a signed book, meet like-minded people, figure out how we change the world for the better.

Wildfire eclipse - Newsletter

A summer 2026 pause for thought in the midst of drought, Welsh wildfires and a solar eclipse

Patched advice column

Patched! Are wool and leather really that bad?

From animal rights to the far right - a look into rainforests, tanneries and sheep farms

Patched advice column

Patched! My Doc Martens are busted - please help

Advice on how to fix 'vegan leather' boots

Photo diary for Spring? Groundbreaking.

It's been a busy few months, here's what I've been up to.

Patched advice column

Patched! Vintage or wedding 'skinflint'?

Advice on re-wearing wedding outfits because it's cool and there is no spotlight anyway.

No To War

Stop bombing Iran - what you can do about it.

Patched advice column

Patched x NBI! ’I’m lusting after new clothes instead of loving second-hand’

Special guest Agony Aunt advises on how to fall back in love with pre-loved clothes

Community is something to practise

A look at revolutions big and small, and what they tell us about countering feelings of hopelessness.

Patched advice column

Patched! ‘I'm addicted to buying clothes - please help’

The Patched advice column is back for 2026 with advice about how to break free from fashion addiction

Extraction Fashion - the real cost of our clothes

Groundbreaking new data reveals fashion's footprint for the first time - what is being used up in terms of stolen Land, water, fossil fuels and human time

Boycott Reebok

International day of action against Reebok

Unpacking Fire And Ferocity In Bangladesh

Workers win but tragedy strikes - how do we process a tumultuous month in Bangladesh's garment industry?

Pod Of Angry Orca Whales Goes To London Fashion Week

Top 10 fast fashion brands collectively raked in $13.9 billion in profits in 2024, enough to triple the annual wages of 4 million Bangladeshi garment workers.

Manual anticapitalista de la moda

The Anti-Capitalist Book Of Fashion is out now in Spanish: 'Desde las alfombras rojas de la Gala del Met hasta la moda rápida online, la ropa cuenta una historia de desigualdad, racismo y crisis climática...'

Sink The Yachts, Raise The Wages!

Orca whales are coming for the superyachts... Plus Sri Lanka, Palestine, boycotts and more

Patched advice column

Patched! ‘I’m desperate to help Palestine - what should I do?’

Ten anti-war ideas for supporting Palestine - from boycotts to protests to supporting Palestinian journalists.

Nepal: The Front Line of the Fast Fashion Crisis

New Investigation into textile waste.

My books have been stolen

I know exactly who did it and why.