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Last updated: 5 October 2026. I checked every price in this best desk accessories UK guide at the shop each button points to that day.

By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance

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Ten desk accessories that earn their space, and three I would not buy

These are the best desk accessories UK shops sell for someone who works at the same desk every day through the winter. Eight of the ten are also on my own desk, from the lamp and the screen riser to the smart plugs that switch the whole lot on at 7:30 on a weekday morning. The other two, a fountain pen and a small patterned tray, are picks I have researched rather than used.

Altogether, the picks run from £13.99 for a smart plug to £1,499 for a screen.

Published by Stiv in Buying Guides, Consumer Tech, Home office, Office

Tags: Anglepoise, Apple Studio Display, belkin, Bethan Laura Wood, desk accessories, desk setup, Eve, home office, Kaweco, Kensington, Logitech, Mark+Fold, Oakywood, Razer, smart plugs, Tapo, work from home, Work Louder

Last updated: 6 May 2026

By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance

Most sustainable gift guides are lists of things nobody actually wants. Refillable washing-up liquid. A bamboo cutlery set in a hemp pouch. A "zero-waste starter kit" that ends up at the back of a drawer by February. We have spent the last year quietly testing a different kind of list, and these are the best sustainable gifts UK shoppers can actually buy in 2026 without apologising for the wrapping. We have organised them by person and by price, not by room, because nobody shops by room.

Inside you will find ceramic mugs you would steal from a friend, a refurbished iPad that costs half the new price, an apron made in Blackburn, a snake plant from a London nursery, a Hockney postcard set from Saltaire, and a body scrub made from coffee grounds rescued from cafés. Some are under £20. One is over £400. All of them pass the same test: would the person opening it be genuinely pleased, not politely pleased.

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Published by Stiv in Carbon conscious, Designers, Gift Guide, New home

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