The week that was at a glance
Big Salary:
Irish entrepreneur Kristina Grimes is one of two finalists in the BBC show The Apprenticecompeting for a €150,000-a-year job with Sir Alan Sugar. Grimes, a pharmaceutical manager originally from
Co Wicklow, won her place after Sugar became disillusioned with Katie Hopkins, who wanted to phone her childminders before going on to the final.
Big Holiday:
Weight-watchers will find the lowest calorie dinners in Greece, where a serving of salad, lamb souvlaki and baklava totals 1,130 calories. Pizza and tiramisu make Italy the most fattening destination at 1,430 calories. Seven out of 10 people gain weight on a two-week holiday, some adding as much as a stone.
Quote:
"I'm the only person in the world who could make this"
Tracey Emin on her abortion-inspired show at the Venice Biennale
We Now Know...
Playing cricket is easier than dancing the jive. Beleaguered batsman Mark Ramprakash says that appearing on TV show Strictly Come Dancingwas "mentally the toughest thing I've ever had to do. Test cricket can't come near the difficulty of it".
Bono says that if he hadn't been a rock star, he would have been a journalist. He has persuaded George Bush, Madonna and a host of others to appear on 20 different covers of Vanity Fairdevoted to the issue of Africa, which he has edited.
The Numbers
788,000 Price, in euro, achieved at Sotheby's for a "warts and all" portrait of Oliver Cromwell
19% drop in new mortgages compared with last year
44%fewer songbirds in Europe than 20 years ago