Going up!
Sweet peas
The star of Charli xcx’s wedding supper, at Hackney’s Dalla restaurant? Hamish Powell’s locally grown wild sweet pea arrangements.
Brolly on a Lime
Something intrinsically British about seeing people bike past with an umbrella in one hand during summer downpours. Not totally safe, granted.
Goat
Making a comeback on menus. Arrives particularly nicely roasted at Gaia Mayfair, which serves it all day long. Next stop, Waitrose?
The Old Rectory
Stroppy billionaire John Fredriksen, who thinks Britain has “gone to hell”, is selling his fabulous £250 million Chelsea home. Time to book a viewing.
Going down…
Elvis Evolution
London’s “hologram” Elvis show has been a bigger disappointment than one could have possibly hoped — starting with the fact it has cardboard cutouts, not holograms.
Chicken wine
Finding ourselves in the heady depths of a London summer, a PSA: no more bottles of this pale pink liquid acid, please. There are other options.
Fake wheelchair users
The disabled area was on fire at Oasis’s Heaton Park gig, as “wheelchair users” leapt to their feet and began to boogie. Amusing, but unfair.
Johnny Depp’s art
What we didn’t need: another celeb chancing their arm with a paintbrush. Depp’s gallery is positioning him as a “Neo-Expressionist”. Basquiat, poor fella, is turning in his grave.
