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The Do Something guide to collecting

How do you start a collection? And how do you keep it in order? Follow our tips
  • a collection of train tickets

    Odd collections: from lighthouses to pine cones – in pictures

    We asked readers to share their weird obsessions with us – what is the collective noun for Thermos flasks, anyway?
  • The desire to collect has been linked to a search for potential mates.

    Why do we collect things? Love, anxiety or desire

  • Mackenzie Crook: ‘The reaction I get when people find out I’m a coin collector isn’t great.’

    'I am the curator of an exhibition no one visits'

  • A Wayne Rooney birthday card, part of Hunter Davies' collection of football memorabilia.

    Hunter Davies’ guide to becoming a collector

  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor with some of her doll collection.

    Why collect dolls? I grew out of stamps, says Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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