That's according to the Times, and it's very good news for me. The backstory is that I want an aquarium, but Mrs Brandt thinks they're naff. I've tried explaining - you don't have to buy the miniature shipwreck and sailor skeleton, but so far it's been no good. Could the Times help me out?

IN CASE YOU had not realised, fish tanks are no longer naff. Far from it. Nowadays they are deeply stylish. Gone are the aquariums that straddle half your living room, housed in a mahogany cabinet case with neon shades of gravel and a castle-motif ornament inside. These days fish tanks are less about the fish and more about design.

Thank you. The piece goes on to single out Designer Aquariums - a business run by forward-looking fishist Matthew Bubear, whose personal bubear is what he calls the "fish anorak" (insert your own joke about tiny stitching here). Designer Aquariums has apparently installed high-end design tanks in the homes of JK, Branson, Hirst and McQueen. Giant fish tank room dividers are the height of fashion, and there are even tanks with plasma screens behind them, so you can tune into When Sharks Attack and watch the little fellas stroke.