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Joe Bromley

Why you should bring a bird to the function, and milk alternatives are naff... What's hot (and not) this week

Going up!

Cardi’s crow

(REUTERS)

People should bring more birds with them to functions. It adds to a lovely sense of occasion. See: the singer with a crow at the Schiaparelli show.

The Bayeux Tapestry

The tapestry has been on display across France since it left England more than 900 years ago (Bayeux Museum/British Museum/PA)

Thrilled to hear the tapestry, likely the work of English embroiderers, will be exhibited at The British Museum. It’s coming home, etc.

Thigh guy summer

(Marks and Spencer)

Mescal and Styles have been pushing short shorts on straight men for years. With M&S’s new collection, it might just hit mainstream.

BYOB

(Brasserie Zédel)

Sophisticated once more per Soho fave Brasserie Zédel, which is allowing guests to bring their own on Monday nights with no corkage fee. Mais oui.

Going down…

Wimbledon AI

A line judge in action at Wimbledon (PA Archive)

No one has had a more terrible week than Wimbledon’s artificial, but not all that intelligent, visually impaired electronic line judges. Out!

‘Ozempic friendly supper’

Cocktails and clean eating: Crudités from Madeline Shaw at Brown's Hotel

Hosts have been advised to offer fresh fruit salad, crudités and dips, sashimi, fish soup and sorbet at dinner parties, so as to cater for those on the pen. Sounds like fun.

Evil air hostesses

(PA)

Airport staff paid bonuses by easyJet to catch passengers with oversized cabin bags, I read. Gremlins in hideous orange clothing.

Milk alternatives

(ES)

Soya? Oat? Naff. I cannot leave my desk without being asked by four people what type of milk I’d like with that coffee. Normal! Please!

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