Index

What's up and down of the last seven days?

UP

The CleggsOh the fun and the fury of watching the outsiders capture the lead

Robust, unstoppable travellersThe writers who made it to Galway for Cúirt, for instance, or the woman who travelled to a reunion in Liverpool in a lorry driver's cab. All of you who have tweeted and cajoled your way home. R-e-s-p-e-c-t

Grandmother's DayIt's tomorrow. It's Darina Allen's reminder to treasure your gran's company and maybe learn a forgotten skill from her. So catch a fish or bake a brack. See slowfoodireland.com for ideas

ComicsJonathan Ross is working on one and psychotherapist Philippa Perry's Couch Fiction is a graphic tale of psychotherapy that's making headlines

The Big Clear Out Sharerenting a van with a neighbour or two for about €40 and take loadsa junk to the nearest dump (and share that cost too). Then raise a cheer. Feels great

DOWN

iPhone billsSorry, my bill is going to increase by how much? 400 per cent? No wonder you were giving the handsets away

Whitney HoustonA sad and sorry (and expensive) spectacle. Like Aida, also at Dublin's O2, last December

Harsh words'Ireland is at the centre of a contamination zone'. As if we needed telling

Fake eyelashesYou may look like Bambi at the ball, but ouch! It's no joke when you peel them off, along with half of your own lashes

PhotoshoppingDon't be airbrushing yourself away. We love you just the way you are