British coastal destinations used to attract swarms of tourists and domestic holidaymakers over the summer months, and now they’re starting to return. Over a decade since it closed it’s doors in 2003, Margate’s legendary Dreamland amusement park has re-opened – with a twist.

A crowdfunded bid to bring back The Crystal Maze as a live attraction – where those buying into it are participants, not viewers – raised £250,000 in a single day. The demand for immersive experiences clearly isn’t slowing, and with this new retro appeal could it just be getting started?

"I’d trade all my tomorrows for just one yesterday," lamented Willie Nelson in 1966. For many, the allure of the past is irresistible. And now, research from the University of Southampton thinks there could be a link between that familiar feeling of nostalgia and creativity.

When Coca-Cola brought back '90s favourite Surge, it sold out online within hours. And it's not the only 'revival brand' that's been brought back due to nostalgic consumer demand. But what makes a brand re-issue a discontinued product? And what's driving Gen Y's nostalgia trip?

From the ‘50s-style branding of Benefit to the 140-year success of Vaseline, the beauty industry is steeped in nostalgia – both authentic and artificial. Techniques, products and entire brands are built on days gone by, but why are beauty brand fans looking at the past with rose-tinted specs?

Adolescence now typically ends at 25. Are Millennials so intent on delaying adulthood that they want the films they watch and the music they listen to now to be the same as when they were teenagers? Is nostalgia for the ‘90s driven by a desire for simpler, easier times?

From Victorian moustaches to flat caps, hipsters are notorious for reappropriating the old. Founded in 1913, traditional blue-collar workwear brand L.C King Manufacturing Co has become a firm favourite among trendy New Yorkers too, making chore coats and dungarees for blue-collar workers and hipsters alike. But how has this veteran brand done it?

Summer camp is a quintessentially American experience, forging memories of paddling canoes, swimming in lakes and endless campfires for those that went. Camp No Counselors is bringing back that summer feeling by letting adults overrun kids’ retreats, but what’s driving grown-ups back to camp?