UPPERS

Passport envy: Norway can now boast the world’s most beautiful passports, which bear graphic, minimalist renderings of Norwegian landscapes, and transform under UV light to show the Northern Lights in the night sky.

Klittra: A Swedish sex-ed group held a competition to find a new, non-awkward word for female masturbation, to promote “an open, positive view of sex”. That word turned out to be “Klittra”, a glamorous mix of “klitoris” and “glittra” (which means both “glance” and “glitter”).

Memrise: Frank Ocean’s first new solo material in nearly two years is a gorgeous, lo-fi affair, and offers an exciting teaser for his sophomore album.

Athleisure with Pope Francis: On a recent visit to the Vatican, Diesel founder Renzo Rosso gifted His Holiness with a custom pair of white Jogg jeans, their relaxed-fit denim/sweatpants hybrid style, for the ultimate in papal slobcore.

DOWNERS

Blade Runner 2: Although he won’t be directing, Ridley Scott has called the script “very, very good”. We remain skeptical.

Tracey Emin’s Brit Award: The design, which includes patchwork rosettes and the cloyingly sweet handwritten phrase “Congratulations on your talent on your life. On everything you give to others. Thank you”, is distinguished only by its yawning forgetability. With Ant and Dec presenting, the 2015 Brits look set to be the most excruciatingly banal yet.

Stop trying to make “Metropopolis” happen: Spotify’s dubious “Breakout Genre” of 2014 is “a sophisticated, indie-leaning, and undeniably catchy cousin of mainstream pop”, that includes Charli XCX, Grimes and CHVRCHES.

People are naming their babies after Frozen characters now: According to the BabyCentre’s list of the top names of 2014, tons of people are naming their kids Elsa. This movie came out over a year ago, can’t people just let it go?