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Will everyone stop talking about Dubai chocolate? What's hot (and not) this week

Going up!

Papal sweepstake

Luis Antonio Tagle (AP)

Like the Grand National, just Conclave themed. Luis Antonio Tagle? Wim Eijk? Pietro Parolin? Prayers in.

Pizza parties

Santa Maria (Via restaurant)

Dial Prince Andrew — the pizza party is back. CCing Paco Rabanne’s fragrance bash, which will take over Santa Maria, the Neapolitan pizzeria.

Status tequila tinnies

(BadWater® Tequila)

Coolest cans to be held in Vicky park this summer? Cora Delaney’s Badwater and the all clear and low calorie offering from Ghost Labs.

Jasperware

AI Jasperware designs (Wedgewood)

Toast to 250 years of Wedgwood’s signature material. The Jasper 250 competition is ongoing, too: design your own and they might make it to add to the V&A’s collection.

Going down…

Lego flowers

(Lego)

In light of Waitrose’s claims sales of Lego daffodils and sunflowers are both up 100 per cent, public reminder these are extremely un-chic to have on windowsills.

‘ADHD advocate’

Tanya Bardsley (Rex Features)

I’m afraid this is not really a job, apologies Tanya Bardsley. Do keep trying.

Exploding e-bikes

An e-bike on fire (@LightFrameShoot/X)

Time to get a handle on this one. E-bike fires now happen “every other day” in London, while said blazes produce “extremely toxic smoke”. Can someone help?

Dubai chocolate

(Real Dubai Chocolate)

Obviously never able to grasp the hype here, but I think it’s safe to say: enough already, now the trend has inflicted a “worldwide shortage of pistachios”.

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