Hot

Loafers Comfortable, classic and chic. Our summer shoe of choice

Stress relief There are few ills in life that can't be washed away by a big icy jug of Negroni

Summer swims No better way to fool ourselves into thinking we're on holidays than with an after-work dip in the sea

Club Larry The hottest new club in town

'Stranger Things' Netflix's mystery/ horror series is really quite good – a King/Spielberg hybrid set in the 80s with added Winona Ryder? What's not to like?

Raspberries It's been a great year for them, so get picking

Irish politics No, we never thought we'd say that either, but looking at the carry-on in the US and UK we're feeling relatively lucky

Not hot

Melania Trump Auto-bot wife reading someone else's autocue

Weather hair 'It's the humidity!'

Work New studies show your job is slowly killing you

Cheap and faulty chargers bought online The frustration

Ants Especially the big ones, with wiiings

Trainer socks They have us rummaging around in our sweaty runners every 20 paces

Red-light district Cyclists ignoring red lights and pedestrians weaving through traffic – far too many spills on the streets

Ice ice baby Single-cube gin and tonics - that's just being stingy

Lack of public bins They used to be outside every shop and petrol station: walking long distances holding rubbish is . . . well, rubbish