# Nicky Haslam’s latest list mocks beards, Diet Coke and Hay Festivalgoers

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/beards-being-thin-diet-coke-style-guru-nicky-haslam-lists-all-the-things-that-are-common-in-2026/
- Published: 2026-11-02T03:05:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T03:17:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/article-16257411/Beards-Diet-Coke-style-guru-Nicky-Haslam-lists-things-common-2026.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Culture, Fashion, Fitness, Health, World

## Key points

- Nicky Haslam’s latest list labels beards and Diet Coke “common”.
- It also targets words, habits and the Hay Festival.
- The annual list is sold on a £60 tea towel.

## Summary

Interior designer and socialite Nicky Haslam has published his latest annual “Common List”, a collection of habits, words and tastes he labels unfashionable. The 87-year-old says the list is intended as a joke about taste rather than class, though its judgements have prompted debate about snobbery.

This year’s list includes beards, Diet Coke, “being thin”, quails’ eggs, the words “nuanced” and “no-brainer”, and attending the Hay Festival. It also mocks people who cannot find photos on their phones and birthday cakes for adults; Haslam’s list is sold on a tea towel for £60, with a CD included.

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