Weekly Rewind: March 23

5. Seeing yellow (or is it green?)

Image: Getty 

We thought nothing could top the global furore sparked by #TheDress (black and blue? Or was it white and gold?) but this week the BBC reported that a new debate is raging... over the perceived colour of tennis balls. Most of us would say they're yellow, right? Well, apparently not. A rival faction is claiming that the balls are actually green, while a third group says they're both colours. Confused? When not even world champ Roger Federer can settle the conflict on Twitter (he reckons they're yellow - and it's fair to say he's seen a few tennis balls in his time), it's a good bet this one could run and run.    

4. Sylvanian Families are this season's style gurus

Missed out on an invite to London Fashion Week last month? Well, fear not, you can now sit front row at 'the world's smallest fashion show', starring those style stalwarts of the toy cupboard, Sylvanian Families. Time Out London had the scoop on the glitzy event, organised by Harrods to promote its new Sylvanian Families Town, and apparently we can expect models clad in "impossibly small outfits, featuring mini gold chains, tiny tulle and microscopic embroidery" parading on an automated catwalk. If you fancy checking it out, it's running until May 2. 

3.  Get back to five-star glory on Uber 

It's the life hack we've all been waiting for: how to score that perfect, elusive, 5.0 rating on Uber. Well, gather ye round and absorb the wisdom of Uber driver Sarah from Manchester, who has shared her top tips with the Independent. Be punctual, mind your manners (“If you wouldn’t say it in front of your nan, best not say it at all” reckons Sarah), get off your phone, leave the kebab outside the car and don't slam the door all seem like pretty obvious bits of advice, but it's amazing how many of us forget them while drunkenly hailing an Uber home at the end of the night...   

2. Advertisers get tough on tech companies after latest data breach

In case you've been hiding under a rock somewhere, or have, maybe, fallen down an internet wormhole filled with cat videos and TV bloopers, you might be interested to know that tech companies, and Facebook especially, have come in for some flak over the last week. A data breach at the social media giant saw information pertaining to 50 million users left open to exploitation, with consultancy, Cambridge Analytica, accused of improperly using that data on behalf of political clients. As a story on the BBC New website reports, advertisers, some of which have already been dismayed at Facebook's cavalier attitude to their brand's placement on the site as well as the extremist and illegal content that can sometimes be found there, are starting to get tough. 

The ISBA, a trade body which represents major UK advertisers, will meet Facebook today [Friday 23 March] to get assurances about the social networking site's plans for the security of users' data. If Facebook fails to provide those assurances, advertisers may spend money elsewhere. "I don't think they're bluffing," said M&C Saatchi boss David Kershaw. "They are going to exert real pressure."

1. Black and white London given a colourful new life

Image: Evening Standard/Getty

Marina Amaral, a photographic expert, has treated an amazing selection of images from London newspaper The Evening Standard, painstakingly adding colour to the black-and-white photos from the paper's archives. The images include historic London scenes, iconic shots of celebrities including The Beatles and Muhammad Ali, as well as photos of models from the 70s and sports images from the 50s. Amaral says her work was often “an artistic guess”, adding, “My intention is not to improve the original photo, but to offer a second perspective.