Diet of champions
Why the amazement that British cycling medal winner Lizzie Armitstead is vegetarian? Saying no to meat never did Carl Lewis any harm – he turned vegan shortly before breaking the 100m record in 1991.
Walk like a panther
A survey of older people suggests that they would rather be called "grey panthers" than OAPs. What's happened? Are they suddenly all channeling Alan Partridge? Grrr.
Going down
Business leaders are calling for interest rates to be cut to zero. Negative rates could be next ... although paying the banks to look after our savings might be a hard sell.
First lady of hell
Joan Juliet Buck, author of Vogue's infamous profile of Asma Assad, has broken her silence with a mea culpa for Newsweek that offers rather more sinister insights into "the devil and his wife".
Holy Mufasa
Christopher Nolan has apparently given his approval to a YouTube hit that replaces the imagery in the The Dark Knight Rises trailer with footage from the Lion King. It's the circle of (Gotham) life.
