QUOTES of the week
Is it actually you or Ed Sheeran?’ Radio host Nick Ferrari quizzes Boris Johnson over the picture of him and girlfriend Carrie Symonds.
‘The nation needs to be reminded that we are not living in Walmingtonon-Sea. Our current difficulties will not be resolved with a comic flourish and a jaunty burst of Bud Flanagan.’ Victoria screenwriter Daisy Goodwin blames BBC repeats of Dad’s Army for influencing the Brexit debate.
‘I’m known as the Bermuda Triangle because I’m so bad at communication.’ Samantha Cameron admits she hates using her mobile phone.
‘I’m worried some people don’t know and think, “Ooh, get her – she cut me dead!” ’ Dame Judi Dench, who has failing sight due to a degenerative eye disease.
‘Black coffee, white coffee, frothy coffee, milky coffee, choccy coffee, not coffee.’ A cafe in Poole with its no-nonsense descriptions of an americano, flat white, cappuccino, latte, mocha and tea.
‘He sent me half a bottle of champagne. Half a bottle! He’s got two vineyards.’ DJ Tony Blackburn recalls a gesture of support he once received from Sir Cliff Richard.
‘There’s more chance of being kicked to death by butterflies.’ Thetford resident Mark Maloy reacts to news that the quiet Norfolk town has taken out terrorist attack insurance.
‘I think people have missed the point. It’s a story about toys.’ Glam Africa magazine editor Afua Adom after a film reviewer criticised Toy Story 4 for being anti-feminist, racist and ‘heteronormative’.
‘Every crime must have its punishment. The liberal idea has become obsolete.’ Vladimir Putin says people in the West are demanding a return of ‘traditional family values’.