What’s Hot and What’s Not

Ellen Page in Tales of the City is on the up, Snap Spectacles get the cold shoulder

Hot: Ellen Page. Not: Snap Spectacles
Hot: Ellen Page. Not: Snap Spectacles

What’s Hot

Tales of the City A new adaptation of the Armistead Maupin classics coming to Netflix, starring Ellen Page

Keith Haring socks Happy Socks' finest limited edition yet

Hyde Bar & Gin Parlour Galway's new fancy boozer

Yestival The marriage-equality-referendum anniversary bash at District 8, Dublin, on May 19th

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Extra Ordinary The Maeve Higgins film, currently shooting, that we can't wait to see

Tamarillo Aka the tree tomato, tangy, sweet, low in calories and high in vitamins

Hilary Woods The Irish musician is on the up and up

What’s Not

Kids on WhatsApp The messaging service raises its minimum age to 16

Veggie "meat" France bans meat-related words on vegetarian-food packaging. No more veggie "sausages", then

Post-childbirth expectations Kate Middleton's almost instant public appearance after giving birth is a bar nobody needs to set

Carbonated soft drinks Sales have declined in the US 13 years in a row

Rainy season Aka Ireland, all year round

Journey One of the most overused words of this era

Snap Spectacles We didn't need Google Glass, and we don't need these from Snapchat