Barometer! Bear Grylls is the TV comeback no one asked for — and we will miss Daniel Khalife’s drama

Barometer! Bear Grylls is the TV comeback no one asked for — and we will miss Daniel Khalife’s dramaWhat’s hot... and what’s not — keep up with Joe Bromley’s weekly barometer The Standard

Going up!

Stupid, sexy soldier spy

Daniel Khalife PA Media

Boo spying for Iran, of course. But I will miss the mad drama that follows Daniel Khalife — Mr “more Scooby Doo than 007” — as he is locked up for 14 years. Unless …

Leek and potato soup

Miramax

Sales are booming at Waitrose (where else?). Some are calling it the Bridget Jones effect. Just add blue food colouring to go full Bridge.

Seaweed facials

Georgia May Jagger

Georgia May Jagger has got It girls covering their faces with seaweed; May Botanicals now offers the service during Treehouse Hotel stays.

Dame Edna’s specs

Christie's

Usually the preserve of Alessandro Michele’s moodboards, get the real cat’s eye shades by raising a paddle at the Barry Humphries Christie’s sale on February 13.

Going down…

Sunny February ‘escapes’

Grenada Photo by Hugh Whyte on Unsplash

Enough now. You’ve had your January Caribbean jaunt, which was annoying but understandable. Now get your head out of the rum punch bucket.

Obnoxious cakes

Three tiers are now passé; Dua Lipa’s lo-fi bake is the new It cakeLily Vanilli

Bonnet ‘hoods’

AnotherHatBag

I crumple with cringe when I see these. Being freezing or wrapping a scarf around your ears are both better options than this twee look.

The return of Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls and Holly Willoughby Netflix/PA

The TV comeback literally nobody asked for, Celebrity Bear Hunt sees Grylls (real name Edward) chasing Holly Willoughby around Costa Rica. Sure.