THEY SAID WHAT?

“It’s time to give people comfort. You have to eat. You have to stop thinking that a certain body shape is ideal, because it’s not” Actress Lana Condor.

“I believe in a balanced diet, and because I’m ancient I don’t need an 8oz steak” TV’s Mary Berry, 83, who counts calories, and eats well but wisely.

“For financial and political reasons, people like me are not wanted in the arts anymore. If you come from a working-class background, if you’re brown, if you are of colour, you are not wanted” Actor Christopher Eccleston.

“We have a deep-rooted problem of antiMuslim comments, Islamophobic comments, racist comments that have been made right from the top - from MPs through to councillors, council candidates, members, linked groups” Tory peer Baroness Warsi complains about alleged Islamophobia in the party.

“What does this say about our society, that these talentless, vacuous twerps are billionaires?” TV’s Piers Morgan commenting on claims that social media personality Kylie Jenner has become the youngest self-made billionaire.

“Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression” TV’s Mariella Frostrup.

“What’s Twitter?” Actress and former MP Glenda Jackson.

“Just done my back in trying to open a tin of anchovies. Update: I extracted some with a pair of forceps - don’t ask” TV cook Nigella Lawson.

“People think I have the benefit of a public school education. I have this suave and debonair label, but really I’m as common as muck” Actor Charles Dance.

“Before anyone puts themselves forward to be an MP, they should pass a course on how to organise drinking parties in breweries” Paul Loseby, of Leicester, in a letter to the Daily Mail.