Agenda: Stephen Jones; Kyla La Grange; Not Another Bill; Record Store Day; Attack The Block
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Your support makes all the difference.Fashion: A heads-up from Mr Jones
Hats off to master milliner Stephen Jones! He plays host to a pop-up helpdesk at luxury hotel and spa Coworth Park in Berkshire this Friday, offering up his finest tips and techniques on wearing and choosing a hat, ahead of Ascot Racecourse's 300th birthday this summer. Who better to advise on tilt and jaunty angle? He might even be able to solve the hot question of the season: are fascinators ever cool? Tickets cost £50, including afternoon tea and goodie bags. coworthpark.com
Face to watch
Kyla La Grange The 26-year-old troubadour may be a Cambridge philosophy grad, but her raw, ragged ditties stir both heart and head. Catch her on the summer festival circuit, and download blood-curdling ballad "Vampire Smile" from kylalagrange.com
Lexpionage: Boyle over, v.
To overheat with misanthropy and offensiveness, often as a result of a misguided attempt at comedy. May cause one's career, such as it is, to slowly vaporise
Social networking: Match the tweet to the star
Joan Collins, Martin Kemp, Mark Gatiss, Rick Edwards
1 tamara drew finished thank god....dont rent that one!
2 Thrilled to confirm I will be a guest judge on next cycle of America's Next Top Model! Watch out Andre!
3 Cannot believe price of gas/petrol it's outrageous
4 note to self: there is no need to use twitter for notes to self. BUT I JUST GET SO LONELY.
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App watch #13: Spotmycar
Ever gone on a shopping trip only to scratch your head in puzzlement as you try to remember where you parked your set of wheels? With one tap, this godsend will instantly record your GPS position as you leave your vehicle – so that, come home time, it can navigate you back to exactly where you left it. £1.79 from iTunes store
On the radar: Because some things are still worth getting excited about...
Shopping: Not Another Bill
Our cockles are warmed by the concept of this new gift service, which will surprise a chosen loved one with random packages – from vintage toys to trendy jewellery – for £15 a month. notanotherbill.com
Music: Record Store Day
Support your local indie retailer on Saturday by purchasing one of the myriad Record Day exclusive releases, from a Radiohead 12" to – whaddya know? – Beady Eye covering Blur
recordstoreday.com
Film: Attack The Block
More Shaun of the Dead than Lesbian Vampire Killers, as word has it, this Brit horror-comedy about a council estate under alien attack should strike big when it's released in May. Catch the trailer and clips at bit.ly/fFCABm
MATCH THE TWEET: 1. MARTIN KEMP; 2. MARK GATISS; 3. JOAN COLLINS; 4. RICK EDWARDS
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