What's hot and what's not
Thumbs Up
• Guaranteed IrishExpect to see this 1980s icon make quite the comeback in the next few months
• DailyBeast.comTina Brown's new e-zine is a strange upmarket magazine/tabloid hybrid.
• Economics classesIt's time for some learnin'. Start with the difference between percentage and percentage point
• MandarinThe language - not the fruit. Time to put it on the curriculum, isn't it?
• Corner shop securityThe dudes at Spar and Centra get no thanks but are the unsung heroes of our high streets
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• GHDs for menIs that hair we smell burning? Leave the electric hair straighteners to your missus
• Pajama PeopleYou and your pink fluffy slippers have forsaken us just because there's a nip in the air
• Nail bars for tweensCosmetics might make them feel like princesses, but hands off their childhood
• LiquidityIt drips off the tongue, but wouldn't be a problem if you cut your cloth accordingly in the first place
• Anguished tradersThe scary headlines are bad enough, but do we have to see their grimaces too?
• Pushy hostsIf dinner guests don't want a drink, don't force them, or, heaven help us, ask why they're not drinking
Quentin Fottrell
