Who said

“In the past I’ve either been too young, too busy or too dazed and confused to be able to make sense of my life. But now, on the eve of my 50th birthday, and older and wiser, if a little more weathered, I believe that I am finally in a position to put my life into perspective” Singer Jason Donovan, pictured, who is embarking on a Jason and his Amazing Mid-life Crisis tour.

“The mirror is a shocking thing to find yourself standing in front of, thinking, wait a minute, I am still in my 20s, aren’t I?” Actor Griff Rhys Jones, 63.

“I have seen food trends from rationing in the war to molecular gastronomy, and nothing makes me more annoyed than ‘clean eating’” Cookery writer Prue Leith, the new judge on The Great British Bake Off.