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A guide to what's hot and what's not.

A guide to what's hot and what's not.

What's hot

Funky-fabric tentsStripes, circles, swirls: we love them all. Look in Oasis shops, and roll on Oxegen.

Grand Canal SquareOfficially open; check it out. Dublin Docklands are looking good.

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Wollemi pinesHead to Johnstown Garden Centre, near Naas, in Co Kildare, for something prehistoric for the garden.

Life's a cruiseFind it hard to stay in one place? Why not buy an "ocean residence" on the Four Seasons liner? www.savills.ie.

Iveagh GardensGreat food all this weekend, at the Taste of Dublin festival ( www.tasteofdublin07.ie).

What's cold

Pumped-up political jargon"Big ask", "big ticket", "big challenge". It's a big bore.

Linear programmingMany Leaving Cert students chose the subject but this week couldn't understand the question.

The Sopranos finaleUS fans were nonplussed.

Two-sitting restaurantsWhat do you mean we can only book a table for 7pm or 9.30pm?

Roadkill artEnglish artist Adam Morrigan uses the skins of squashed animals in his sculptures. Yours for €50,000.