In this column, we provoke fresh thinking and round up some of the weird, wonderful, quirky, surprising – and shocking – stories out there

  Big bog brother In times where many fear ever-increasing levels of surveillance, it’s emerged that IKEA took security and employee surveillance to a whole new level. After an employee spotted a hidden security camera in a company toilet, the retailer admitted that it had indeed installed a number of cameras. Other cameras were found in similar spots in other toilets...