QUOTES of the week

‘Diabetes on a plate’ Paul Hollywood’s tasteless description of a cream-filled French gateaux on TV’s Bake Off. He said sorry after his quip upset type 1 diabetics, whose condition is not linked to lifestyle. ‘I love black cab drivers and their views on current affairs – mostly because they usually mirror mine’ Joan Collins explains why London taxis are her favourite form of transport. ‘ The bliss of Beethoven and Brahms instead of Brexit and backstops… maybe there really is another world out there.’ John Humphrys prepares for returning to the airwaves on Classic FM after leaving Radio 4. ‘Under a pound, over a pound, Wombling spree’ The Sun newspaper’s headline over a story about a woman selling the world’s largest collection of Wombles memorabilia. ‘He’s showing complete ignoratio elenchi’ Boris Johnson berates Jeremy Corbyn in Latin at PMQs. Loosely translated, it means ‘missing the point’. ‘It’d solve you... you’d lose your job!’

John Mann, Labour MP, responds to Independent Anna Soubry, after she declared that a General Election would ‘solve nothing’. ‘It was too much hassle to get it. If there’s one thing potheads don’t like, it’s hassle.’ Chrissie Hynde, veteran rocker, says she’s given up marijuana because London’s dealers are too hard to find. ‘I had to try a lot of whiskies over the years and there were a number that were better than this one.’ David Robertson, former master distiller at Macallan, after a bottle of its 60-year-old Scotch sold for a world-record £1.5 million.