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Observer corrections and clarificationsUK newsFor the recordThis week’s correctionsKlaus Schwab – an apology We accept that an article headlined “Let’s make attending Davos as shameful as running a sweatshop” (Comment, 24 January, page 38) was wrong to suggest that World Economic Forum executive chairman Klaus Schwab received fees from Arab nations to keep discussions of gay rights or transgender issues off the Davos conference agenda. We are pleased to state that gay rights and transgender issues were on the official agenda of the World Economic Forum this year and have been the subject of fringe meetings and a World Economic Forum global report in the past.

The ObserverFranceFrench elite declare the Bobo extinctWith their political influence dwindling, France's trendy and privileged urbanites face a harsh new reality. Jason Burke reports from ParisFor nearly a decade the Bourgeois Bohemians - or Bobos - have been France's favourite hate figures. Urban, wealthy, left-wing, conscious of fashion and the environment, reviled by their compatriots, both courted and denigrated by politicians, their days are now numbered. The last post was blown last week by news magazine's Le Point's article 'Requiem for the Bobos'.

FilmThe Imitation of Life star was pigeonholed and undervalued by Hollywood but years later, she is finally receiving the recognition she deserves “I went through a hell of a lot, you know? Being Black and all. And beautiful!” Interviewed on the TV at the age of 92, Juanita Moore may have been laughing but she was telling a painful truth about her career in Hollywood. Despite being Oscar-nominated for a truly great performance in one of Hollywood’s most powerful melodramas, her career was a struggle: for recognition, for roles worthy of her talents, and her own fight for better opportunities for her Black peers in the entertainment industry.

Crime This article is more than 14 years oldMansion fire millionaire was facing 'severe financial difficulty'This article is more than 14 years oldChristopher Foster's company went into liquidation 10 months before fire, inquest into family's death toldThe severe financial difficulties of former millionaire Christopher Foster were revealed today at his inquest. The hearing into the deaths of the 50-year-old businessman, his wife Jill and teenage daughter Kirstie heard that his thermal insulation company, Ulva Ltd, went into liquidation in October 2007, leaving him in difficulty.

My life in sexSexAway from spanking, I’m a light-hearted, mild-mannered chap This morning, I visited my next-door neighbour and spanked her. Afterwards, I drove down the motorway and spanked another woman, whom I visit twice a week. Tonight, I’m having a first meeting – just drinks and a chat – with a woman who wants to be spanked. Then, tomorrow, I’m driving to Plymouth to see another woman whom I discipline regularly.

Republicans This article is more than 7 months oldNon-profit pays $1.3m for legal services to law firm owned by Republican officialThis article is more than 7 months oldRNC committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon takes $120,000 salary from non-profit Center for American Liberty The San Francisco lawyer Harmeet Dhillon is a fixture on Fox News who has garnered support from the likes of Matt Gaetz, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham; she also helms a non-profit that appears to have directed more than $1m into her law firm, Dhillon Law Group.

In Sounds that Swing record shop in Camden, regular customer and Elvis fan Nick Martin. All photographs: Quintina ValeroIn Sounds that Swing record shop in Camden, regular customer and Elvis fan Nick Martin. All photographs: Quintina ValeroLondon holidaysIt’s Record Store Day on Saturday. To celebrate we asked the author and photographer of London’s Record Shops to choose their favourites The past 14 months have been brutal for all retailers, but independent record shops have had it tougher than most.

1000 albums to hear before you dieMusicArtists beginning with FFaces A Nod Is As Good As a Wink ... to a Blind Horse (1971) The phrase "good time rock'n'roll band" could have been devised specifically for Faces. Boozy, deceptively ragged-sounding and of dubious moral character, Faces blurred the boundaries between business and pleasure, and recorded the consequences. The two Ronnies, Lane and Wood, are on form here - though it's Rod Stewart's Stay With Me that remains the high point.

The ObserverFilmInterviewHoult… who goes there?Alice FisherHe went from pre-teen "shrimp" in About a Boy to the sexy face of Skins. Now, Nicholas Hoult is set to crack Hollywood. His only problem is working out how he feels about it all"Oh no. Interview, uh oh. I always panic about these things." Nicholas Hoult does look genuinely apprehensive, which is annoying because he's been perfectly at ease until now. He arrived promptly at the west London studio where he's to be photographed at 9am on this December Monday morning, introducing himself very politely to everyone.