{
  "id": 3025365,
  "title": "‘Standard’ velvet hangers? There’s nothing standard about some of the items on John Lewis’s uni essentials list| Emma Beddington",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/standard-velvet-hangers-theres-nothing-standard-about-some-of-the",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-24T10:00:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/24/why-is-the-john-lewis-uni-essentials-list-so-strange"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It used to be that dorm rooms were chaotically messy. Does this new generation really need an £80 spice rack and velvet clothes hangers? Of all the questions this year’s freshers may be nervously asking themselves as they prepare for this next phase – did I pick the right course? Will I make friends? Is uni worth 30 grand when my future job prospects may be limited to dusting a datacentre? – one…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}