Second-gen cool? How unfair is that??

Lily Allen, daughter of Keith, is top of the pops with her ska hit Smile, proving once again that cool is a heritable condition. Hang out with your rich, famous, hip parents and their friends, and pretty soon you’ll be rich, famous and hip too. In an age of vapid celebrity, gilt-edged bright young things carrying rock aristocracy genes will always trump the self-made nouveau chic; they’re the double cream of cool. And that’s why, any second now, we can expect to see Mick’s grandkids with the next helping of Jagger blood, brains and beauty. Illustration by Joy Gosney

SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT