As It Happens | How these rare sheep ended up with 'attractive pink hairdos' 

A British farmer says his flock of rare sheep have become "fashion icons all around the world."

"We bought a new sheep feeder, and I noticed when I walked past them in the field that a lot of them had pink heads," Richard Nicholson, owner of Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley, U.K., told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. 

"I didn't put two and two together initially."

The feeder is bright red, and Nicholson believes the paint has been rubbing off on his flock while they feed. 

"They've got very attractive pink hairdos now, so we're quite pleased with that," he said.

The sheep, he says, appear to be pleased as well.

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Q with Tom Power | U2 are more punk than you think they are. Bono on the raw faith that has fuelled 46 years 

By his own admission, Bono is insufferable. 

It's a word he uses a lot when reflecting on his life and career. It points to a self-awareness about his place in the celebrity pantheon, where in recent years he's become known almost as much for his humanitarian campaigns as he has for his decades fronting the band U2.

But to hear him tell it, Bono doesn't mind the jokes at his expense. "I'd miss it," he tells Tom Power in a career-spanning interview on Q. 

The iconic Irish rock star is on the show this week to talk about his new memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, and to correct, perhaps, some misconceptions about U2 — mainly that the incredible commercial success they've had means they aren't still punk at heart.