Portable Brass LED Lamp

This is a tiny lamp with wildly disproportionate levels of style. You do not buy it because you urgently need more illumination. You buy it because it makes a surface look cooler immediately.

It is portable, rechargeable and dangerously easy to justify as a practical purchase, which is always how these things get you.

Why it’s cool

Because it feels a lot fancier than a four-quid lamp has any right to.

Perfect for

• bookshelves and side tables
• small-space decor wins
• cheap gifts that do not feel cheap

Verdict: suspiciously classy for the money.