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Music blogJustin BieberJustin Bieber's haircut: my brush with DNA destinyStuart Heritage plots to bid for Justin Bieber's hair, extract his DNA and clone an army of BiebersaursThere was something magical about Justin Bieber's old hairstyle. Equal parts Peter Beale, Velma Dinkley and Bobby Charlton, it almost single-handedly defined an entire generation. When people thought of Justin Bieber, they immediately thought of his hair. That doesn't happen very often. Perhaps only Jennifer Aniston and Phil Oakey from The Human League can truly understand what this feels like.

Motown recordsObituaryKatherine Anderson obituarySinger with the Marvelettes, whose single Please Mr Postman was Motown Records’ first No 1 The Marvelettes were never as successful or as famous as the Supremes, their Motown Records stablemates, but to many of their fans they offered a truer, more authentic incarnation of the label’s famous sound in a run of hits that started with Please Mr Postman in 1961. Among the five girls who formed the group at school in Inkster, a suburb of Detroit, was Katherine Anderson, who has died aged 79.

Massachusetts This article is more than 4 months oldMassachusetts teen dies after eating spicy tortilla chipThis article is more than 4 months oldHarris Wolobah’s cause of death not yet determined but relatives fear complications from Paqui chip a factor A 14-year-old boy from Massachusetts died unexpectedly a short time after he ate a particularly spicy tortilla chip, leaving his family grieving and searching for answers. Harris Wolobah died on Friday, said a statement from officials at the Worcester public school district where the boy studied.

The ObserverNepal earthquake 2015 This article is more than 8 years oldNepal earthquake: the village wiped off the map in a few terrifying secondsThis article is more than 8 years oldThe beautiful Langtang valley was almost obliterated when the second quake hit last week, reducing a popular trekking village to rubble The only way Yasmine Habash can describe the Langtang valley is “tragically beautiful”. Even in a country that has seen so much devastation and so much personal heartbreak, what happened to the village of Langtang is in a different league.

Rap This article is more than 9 years oldNick Cannon sparks controversy with 'white face' promotional photographThis article is more than 9 years oldRapper, comedian and husband of Mariah Carey defends himself following the announcement of his new album, White People Party Music Nick Cannon sparked controversy by highlighting racial stereotypes while promoting his new album, declaring that haters are just "showing … [their] true colors #punintended". Cannon's album is controversial by design: for his first LP in more than a decade, the TV host, comedian and husband of Mariah Carey has selected the title, White People Party Music.

TheatreReviewSoho theatre, London Boris Johnson and his successors Less Trust and Riches Sooner are satirised in a superb political pantomime directed by Patrick Marber Keenly anticipated since its summer announcement, Pandemonium finds the last seven years of British government dissected by two of the great satirists of the age, Armando Iannucci and his director, Patrick Marber. Told by the five-strong Pandemonium Players in cod-Jacobethan costume and blank verse, it traces the rise and fall of Boris Johnson from the moment he chose his Brexit side (“To be in, or not to be in …”) to his condemnation to hell in the wake of Partygate.

Guadalupe Flores tries some of the local caldo de rata. Photograph: Guadalupe FloresGuadalupe Flores tries some of the local caldo de rata. Photograph: Guadalupe FloresMexico This article is more than 6 years oldRat soup, anyone? Mexican politician bids to restore delicacy to the menuThis article is more than 6 years oldGuadalupe Flores, of the Zacatecas state legislature, wants to ‘demystify the consumption of field rats’ by encouraging people to eat caldo de rata

Work & careersNew York entrepreneur has big plans to turn his office rental business into a provider of homes, leisure and education Adam Neumann is not satisfied with changing the way 210,000 people work and turning himself into a paper multi-billionaire in the process. Neumann, the 38-year-old co-founder and chief executive of shared office provider WeWork, wants to house, teach, train and party with the “WeGeneration”. In less than eight years, Neumann, a dyslexic who could not read until he was seven, has turned an idea for a single “eco-friendly co-working space” in Brooklyn into a $20bn (£14bn) company which runs 230 shared office spaces in 71 cities .

France This article is more than 3 years oldInterview'We should have the right not to like men': the French writer at centre of literary stormThis article is more than 3 years oldKim Willsher in ParisExclusive: Female and feminist voices aren’t always welcome among men, says Pauline Harmange, author of I Hate Men When Pauline Harmange, a French writer and aspiring novelist, published a treatise on hating men, she expected it to sell at the most a couple of hundred copies among friends and readers of her blog.