What’s hot, what’s not

Turkey sweats

Bring it on

The man brooch

Embrace The Mooch

The big to do list

Don’t wait until January, make your 2017 to do list now

Forbidden Fruit

Bon Iver is curating a night at the Kilmainham festival next June

Birchbox

The joy of receiving a monthly makeup surprise in the post

Snatched

The new Amy Schumer/Goldie Hawn film. Hurry up!

Christmas

Yes it’s cheesy, but we love this time of year. Happy Christmas

Talking politics at Christmas dinner

It’s been a rough year, best leave the arguments for now

Star

We were hoping for another Empire with Lee Daniels's new TV show, but the reviews are woeful

First Lady Ivanka

Trump’s daughter increasingly adopting the stance of First Lady, which is . . . weird

Presents in postal limbo

The scourge of online shopping

Game of Thrones wines

A red wine paying homage to the ‘Red Wedding’ episode is a branding exercise too far

Microblading

A new form of tattooed eyebrow. Are you really going to drop up to a grand on some makeup?

Batteries

You forgot to get them for the toys, didn’t you?

From planning the coming year to chasing presents through the post