Agenda: H&M; Karla Crome; Game of Thrones; Yeah Yeah Yeahs; The Contemporary Body

 

Sunday 03 March 2013 01:00 GMT
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Fashion: What's your story?

The scandi takeover continues on Friday with the opening of a London flagship store of H&M's latest venture. Inscrutably named & Other Stories, the range offers everything from beauty via fashion to accessories according to four aesthetics: sporty, preppy, industrial and sleek. Shoes and bags to die for, at prices that won't make you wince. 256-258 Regent Street, London W1, stories.com

Face to watch: Karla Crome

The 24-year-old actress (super)-powered her way to recognition in E4's Misfits and is set to have a mad March thanks to roles in two concurrently running primetime dramas: ITV's Lightfields and BBC's Prisoners' Wives

Lexpionage: Pippiedom, n

A philosophy opposing and rejecting many of the conventional standards involved in acquiring gainful employment − knowledge, experience − in favour of trading off one's name for book deals/cookery columns

Social networking: Match the tweet to the star

Louis Smith, Ronnie Wood, Calvin Harris, Louise Mensch

1. Met a monkey and it sat on my head ok no big deal

2. Watching Spiral season 4 ~ brushing up on my French. Been painting all day. You?

3. Just had a blocked phone call that woke me up...... #punks

4. Just discovered kettlebells. Get in.

Answers at the bottom of the page

App watch: Twickets

Usurp those dreaded touts and re-sale sites with this ethical fan-to-fan ticket exchange, enabling you to buy and sell spare tickets to UK events at face value. You can filter searches by event category, location, date and name, and info on all available tickets is posted to Twickets' Twitter and Facebook accounts. Free from iTunes Store

On the radar: Because some things are still worth getting excited about…

TV: Game of Thrones

Prepare to be gore-struck by the bloodiest show on the box once more: Series 3 of the fantasy saga begins on 1 April on Sky Atlantic, while Season 2 is out on DVD tomorrow. Watch the new trailer here: bit.ly/QPnt5r

Music: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The supremely spunky NYC art-rockers have mixed things up once more for new single "Sacrilege": a Stonesian rocker with a full gospel choir, no less, it has left us suitably fired up for their new album. bit.ly/XUsUji

Events: The Contemporary Body

Think physical at this one-day symposium on modern body image, including talks, panel events and a screening of classic fashion-industry documentary "Model". Saturday, ica.org.uk

Match the tweet: 1. Calvin Harris; 2. Ronnie Wood; 3. Louis Sm ith; 4. Louise Mensch

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