What's hot and what's cold

The essential index.

The essential index.

WHAT'S HOT

The Dark KnightRave previews suggest Heath Ledger (bottom right) is odds on for a posthumous Oscar

Mulberry ShoesJonathan Kelsey's designs almost make us look forward to autumn

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Aer ArannWe love slipping through that "Domestic Flights Only" channel at Dublin Airport and what do you know, we don't feel manhandled

Thursday nights at ImmaGardens, art, coffee and shop open until 8pm

Brad Pitt Junioraka Knox Leon Prepare to lock up your daughters in 20 years

WHAT'S COLD

Widows' weedsWearing black through the summer. It's just too drizzly to pull on the white linen

Up a mudcreek without a . . . deck chairOh what we would have done to have a fold-up seat at Oxegen. Don't go
near a festival without one

Men in women's shops during the salesYou're bored, impatient, cranky and you're not making us feel better either

Bad shoe etiquetteIf you're going to wear flip-flops to work - and this goes for you, too, guys - don't neglect the pedicure

Foreign produceWhy exactly should we buy strawberries from the US or potatoes - potatoes! - from Israel? Get a growbag and grow your own