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Agenda: MYO swimwear; Holly Walsh; Sipsmith Summer Cup; Delilah; Comedy Mondays

 

Sunday 10 June 2012 00:00 BST
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Face to watch: Holly Walsh is set to take off on TV as co-writer of BBC3's Dead Boss, an all-star prison-set sitcom with Sharon Horgan and Jennifer Saunders
Face to watch: Holly Walsh is set to take off on TV as co-writer of BBC3's Dead Boss, an all-star prison-set sitcom with Sharon Horgan and Jennifer Saunders

Fashion: Stay cool by the pool

The sartorial spotlight this summer is firmly on the guys for a change, with the inaugural London menswear Fashion Week kicking off on Tuesday. So why not take the opportunity to spruce yourself up a bit? First stop: a holiday shop which should include some swimming trunks of distinction. MYO is a British company that trades in Italian luxury, with each pair woven in Como (ooh!) according to the aesthetics of bespoke tailoring (aah!). There's nothing better to swim or be seen in this year. £135, myoswimwear.com

Face to watch: Holly Walsh

This Surrey-born comic took flight with last year's debut Edinburgh show The Hollycopter and is now set to take off on TV as co-writer of BBC3's Dead Boss, an all-star prison-set sitcom with Sharon Horgan and Jennifer Saunders

Lexpionage: Hodgson's choice, phr.

A free pick of players to take to an important international football tournament, in which only one option for the squad is offered, because everyone else is either crocked, banned – or won't play with JT

Social networking: Match the tweet to the star

Jeremy Vine, Alan Sugar, John Simm, Bret Easton Ellis

1 Baaar chocolate baaar

2 I like the way Twitter gives you a score depending on how funny your tweets are. Mine keep getting -1

3 Having sex while "Game of Thrones" is on is a really bad idea.

4 Must've had too much to dream last night. My head feels like an electric prune..... #nurofenplus

Answers at the bottom of the page

App watch: HMRC Tax Calc

it'S possibly the sexiest technological development since the Brita water filter; yes, now you can work out your tax liability via your smartphone using this official HMRC app, which will also tell you how much you are contributing to different government spending areas. Free from iTunes store and Android Marketplace.

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

Drinks: Sipsmith Summer Cup

Move over, Pimm's: we have a new favourite, endlessly quaffable summer-booze option in the form of this gin-based drink blended with lemon verbena, Earl Grey and cucumber. thewhiskeyexchange.com

Music: Delilah

We've been listening to this trip-hopper's fine debut LP "From the Roots Up" on loop and we're truly not being snide when we say it's destined for dinner-party saturation when it's released on 30 July. bit.ly/HD3Fy5

TV: Comedy Mondays

Filling the gap left by Game of Thrones, Sky Atlantic is getting right on the funny from 25 June with its new early-week laffs line-up, including Armando Iannucci's Veep and Kathy Burke's Walking and Talking

Match the tweet: 1. Alan Sugar; 2. Jeremy Vine; 3. Bret Easton Ellis; 4. John Simm

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