Index

What's hot and what's not

WHAT'S HOT

SunshineThat unfamiliar yellow ball of heat in the sky

Model senseVogue's decision to stop hiring models under 16 – too much, too young

Happy daysBeth Ditto's getting married to girlfriend Kristen Ogata

Biker styleThe leather jacket over girly dresses – like your mother said, you can always take it off

Whiff of nostalgia in CorkMaynes pharmacy, pub and cafe on Pembroke Street has granny's cosmetics behind glass, and serves a decent pint

Feeling fruityAll this sunshine is making us giddy – and we can't wait to wander down to the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham for Forbidden Fruit festival next weekend

Mike MurphyStill battling for better programming. Told Pat Kenny on Wednesday most television current affairs is like fifth-rate radio. Kenny said fourth-rate. Nice moment

Cos's perforated purses on a stringThey come in white or navy, cost €19 and are so cute

Kindness costs nothingLocked out and cold after a run, staff at the Schoolhouse Bar on Northumberland Road, Dublin 4, fed, watered and took care of us until cash and keys arrived

WHAT’S NOT

Blinded by the fake tan and leopard print explosionDublin Housewives, TV3, nightly from Monday

The Slaney Bar, Terminal 2 at Dublin airportCash registers broken, long queues and no proper glasses for a €5.70 gin and tonic

Liz HurleyGetting stepmums a bad name. We don't need that kind of help, Liz

Pre-holiday beauty treatmentsAccording to the AA, women are scrapping luxuries such as manicures, pedicures and other beauty treatments ahead of their foreign jollies

The death of disco queen Donna SummerWe loved to love you, baby

Party girls on dripsLondon spas are offering intravenous drips for hangovers. Nice.

Blue legs when the tights came off this weekHow pale can a nation be?