Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more New year, new beginnings. This week, the millennium arrives without disruption as the dreaded Y2K bug fails to bite. Elsewhere, milestones mark the turning of the year, from a record-breaking mission in space by a Soviet cosmonaut to the arrival of the euro in physical form, giving millions of Europeans a shared currency for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire. In other corners, the calendar brings little sense of resolution, with continued leadership tensions in post-revolution Romania and renewed climate fears surfacing at the dawn of the 2020s. Dive into a week of New Year promise and uncertainty, as seen on The Independent’s front pages. 29 December 1986 – England seal Ashes win in Melbourne England secure the Ashes in …