The rise of the analogue bag: fashion’s answer to doomscrolling

As screen fatigue grows, a new trend is swapping smartphones for crosswords and sketchbooks - turning the humble bag into a tool for offline living

There's a new it" bag - but this time it is not about a designer label or splashy logo. Instead, it's what is inside that counts.

So-called analogue bags, filled with activities such as crosswords, knitting, novels and journals, have become the unexpected accessory of the season.