QUOTES of the week

‘These demonstrations have been subverted by thuggery – and they are a betrayal of the cause they purport to serve.’ Boris Johnson condemns the violence at the Black Lives Matter demos. ‘I have the same concerns about the Enola Gay flight which dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima – all the focus is on the bombing and completely ignores the peaceful six-hour flight and excellent take-off. It’s so unfair.’ Twitter user Andy responds to a tweet criticising The Mail on Sunday for focusing on ‘one hour of issues’ at last weekend’s protests. ‘We’re not society’s punchbags.’ Police Federation boss Ken Marsh after two officers were attacked in East London. ‘People who menstruate. I’m sure there used to be a word for them. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?’ J.K. Rowling, who is at the centre of a row with trans activists. ‘Prince Philip 99. A year away from the wife writing to him.’ Comedian Mark Watson as the Duke of Edinburgh celebrates his birthday. ‘I don’t care what they say, I won’t feel comfortable going to the gym before there’s a vaccine. Or after there’s a vaccine.’ Actor Chris O’Dowd is cautious about his fitness. ‘We never featured anyone whose house had a number.’ Photographer Rosalind Mann, who has died aged 95, on Country Life’s ‘girls in pearls’. ‘Some schools believe universities are looking for rounded people but you can be as flat as a pancake so long as you are good at the subject.’ Oxford lecturer Sos Eltis who says gap years can be a waste of time. ‘You hope you’ll age like fine wine, but I’m like that last bag of peppers that’s left on the shelf after stockpiling.’ Chat show host Alan Carr’s take on growing old.