The Latest Breaking News from Marie Kondo

Helsinki (AFP) - Marie Kondo may have admitted defeat, but a new generation of "cleanfluencers" is taking social media by storm, with millions watching them scour filthy homes and dole out cleaning hacks.

Planning to declutter your home — whether you're moving or downsizing — can be overwhelming. Here's how to do it.

I started playing a video game about cleaning for a laugh – now it’s all gotten out of hand and I’m going for the Guinness World Record

It’s the age of decanting – never before have household perfectionists removed so many things from packages only to put them in other packages. Extreme tidiness is a modern obsession. But is it healthy?

Clutter is apparently no longer bad. The odd pile of washing, on the lounge room floor, simply means pleasure took precedence.

People angry at the decluttering expert for her latest admission never understood her in the first place

People who think they can master chaos don’t have enough children, or dogs, or interests, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Her reason for ditching tidying is actually super sweet.

Lord Ashcroft thinks about polling the same way I feel about my emotions: they are a snapshot, not a prediction. Even when 100 per cent accurate – which no survey professes to be – they still do not necessarily tell you what will happen in the future.

Decluttering guru reveals birth of third child has changed priorities

First off: heard of Marie Kondo, the Japanese tidiness guru? She is the woman who made folding clothes a multi-million pound business, with a number of best-selling books and a Netflix series. She is huge, a byword for a way of life epitomised by having a calming sock drawer. Yep.…