Stupid, sexy soldier spy. Boo spying for Iran, of course. But I will miss the mad drama that follows Daniel Khalife — Mr “more Scooby Doo than 007” — as he is locked up for 14 years. Unless …. Leek and potato soup. Sales are booming at Waitrose (where else?). Some are calling it the Bridget Jones effect. Just add blue food colouring to go full Bridge. Seaweed facials. Dame Edna’s specs. Sunny February ‘escapes’.
Enough now. You’ve had your January Caribbean jaunt, which was annoying but understandable. Now get your head out of the rum punch bucket. Obnoxious cakes. Three (plus) tiers was once de rigueur, but is now passé. Dua Lipa paved the new cool way, as she celebrated her newsletter’s third birthday with a lo-fi cake featuring a “3” that looked drawn on in Sharpie. Bonnet ‘hoods’. I crumple with cringe when I see these. Being freezing or wrapping a scarf around your ears are both better options than this twee look.
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