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The minimum wage has just gone up. I once made quite a clown of myself talking about this topic on a podcast the last time it went up. I might be about to do so again, so strap in.

Roberto Cavalli, who has died aged 83, was the maximalist Italian fashion designer known as the “Leopard King”, who unleashed on the world his fever dream of exotic animal prints, skintight sandblasted jeans and gravity-defying dresses.

Thanks to the old internet, you can listen to ­“local” stations many miles away, such as ­Radio Kerry and its ­Kerry Today programme presented by Jerry O’Sullivan. It is exemplary, especially if you prefer your current affairs coverage to have a southern accent.

Beyoncé goes country. That’s the pithiest description of the Texan superstar’s eighth album, Cowboy Carter, but it’s only partially true. “This ain’t a country album,” she wrote to her 320 million followers on Instagram. “It’s a Beyoncé album.”

It has been a long time coming, but Beyoncé has become the first black woman to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. The singer’s banjo-heavy track Texas Hold ’Em is in the No 1 slot, and 16 Carriages ranks at No 9. She dropped the two songs shortly after teasing new music in an ad that aired during the Super Bowl.

Verizon’s Beyoncé Super Bowl ad may have been the smartest move in media history. For Beyoncé.

The Grammys this year had plenty to celebrate – Miley Cyrus showing off her rock star prowess, Tracy Chapman and Joni Mitchell performing and Celine Dion being given a standing ovation. But of course, much of the night was dedicated to woman-of-the-moment Taylor Swift.

Many movie remakes and spin-offs hit our screens this year, with the most recent, Wonka, taking more than $151m (€137m) at the box office last month.

2023 was a year of fashion highs (and obviously some lows - how many naked dresses on the red carpet does it take to throttle a trend? We're way over the limit tbqh). The SAG-AFTRA strike might have brought a short pause in red carpet proceedings, but thanks be to Instagram for off-duty insights to keep us going. Who made our best dressed list? Those who came, wore and conquered, did something interesting, pushed a fashion envelope or ten and ultimately entertained us. Our top ten runners un...

If you haven’t seen Beyoncé Carter-Knowles’ new film about her tour of the same name, Renaissance, I highly recommend it.