What's hot, what's not

Hot; Royal and cobalt blue. Not; Black and orange

HOT

Royal and cobalt blue will make you stand out from the autumn browns and greys during these darkening days

Opaque tights It's time, ladies. Rejoice.

Tara Flynn The comedian's new book You're Grand: The Irish Woman's Secret Guide to Life is out this week

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Key West Signed to a US music label – catch them busking on Grafton Street while you still can

Baby boys Feels like there’s a lot of you being born around now, welcome to the world lads

Vanishing Art at Carton House Take a walk around the spectacular Co Kildare grounds before checking out this Irish art showcase (until Christmas Eve)

Windfalls Apples, pears, plums: stew em, bake em, slice em, steal em

NOT

Black and orange The colour combo is our least favourite thing about Hallowe'en

Doll nightmare The Conjuring prequel/unofficial Chucky sequel, Annabelle

Craft beer In the time you've spent faffing around with samples at the bar you could be on your second pint

Solid stuff Regressing to normal eating after costly three-day juice cleanse. That was just a total waste of hunger and money, wasn't it?

Liquorice jelly beans Awful shock when you bite into one

Buying essays online On many levels, it's not worth it kids