Linda Kennedy: There's certainly nothing clever about these tough luck boxes

THINK out of the box, Britain. This is not a plea to be lateral, and have inventive New Year resolutions. It's a request to companies to use more finger-friendly packaging when sending 2009's food, drink and Christmas presents through the post.

There is a pile of brown things in the corner of my kitchen. These cardboard boxes are representative of the type in which goods ordered online arrive, and they should all be marked 'TOUGH'. It's both a description of their resilience, and a verdi...