WHAT’S HOT
Shining Vale
US network Showtime has bagged this new horror-comedy from TV queen Sharon Horgan.
Quarter Block Party
Cork city's three-day music and arts festival kicking off February 2nd.
Everything I Know About Love
Dolly Alderton’s hilarious and heartfelt memoir.
Conor Stakelum
The figure skater recently became the first Irish man to skate in a European championship.
Sigrid
Winner of the BBC’s Sound of 2018, who captured our hearts at Other Voices last year and plays in Dublin this March.
Charlotte Tilbury’s Brightening Youth Glow Primer
Winter making you look grey and jaded? Get your skin glowing.
Bresson
New restaurant in Monkstown, Co Dublin.
WHAT’S NOT
Hotel overload
Barely a construction project in the capital at the moment that isn’t another hotel going up. What about those who actually live in Dublin?
Chain-scrolling
The habit of constantly scrolling on your phone without even taking in information.
Cryptocurrency
Getting rich quick is generally a myth.
Kardashian Konspiracies
The internet wastes enough of our time already.
Smoothie bowls
Stop pretending putting a smoothie in a bowl is revolutionary.
Fake-quitting social media
Grand declarations about leaving platforms tend to be undermined when you sneak back on. Just cut down – there’s no need for a fuss.
Off-the-shoulder tops
The trend that everybody wanted to be left in the 1990s didn’t last long this decade either.