Meet Mrs Bieber
Forget Zadie Smith. Pattie Mallette – AKA Justin Bieber's mum – releases her memoirs this week, Nowhere But Up. Justin wrote the foreword.
In the pink
Props to tech writer Adrian Chen, who - at the request of hackers Anonymous – was pictured on the front page of Gawker for an entire day last week wearing a pink frock.
Eco-pope
If there is a god, s/he may well be an eco-warrior. The pope now owns two electric cars, encrusted with the papal coat-of-arms – along with a set of solar panels on his roof.
Sheer Gaul
Thanks to social media, the French are increasingly addressing strangers as "tu", rather than the formal "vous". Not everyone's pleased. "It's a form of violence," says intellectual Laurent Joffrin.
'Manny' congrats
Good luck to Michael Kenny, who this week becomes the first man to begin a degree in nannying. Norland College have had to design a special uniform for him.
