THEY SAID WHAT?

“I think Fiona is wonderful. Early in her tenure I wrote her a love poem in the style of the poets I liked, from Edward Lear to Dylan Thomas. She was probably horrified” – Antiques Roadshow expert David Battie discloses his admiration for Fiona Bruce, who presents the show

“My biggest fear is falling flat on my face, live on air, in front of millions of people” – Pop star Alexandra Burke, a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing

“There’s a section on how to deal with a dead body: if your cooking kills anyone” – TV’s Kirstie Allsopp, below, on a cookbook written by her great-great-grandmother

“My sexuality, in terms of Strictly or whatever else I do in my life, ought to be as irrelevant as the length of my big toe” – TV’s Judge Rinder opposing the idea of same-sex partners on Strictly Come Dancing

“Domestic abuse in all its many forms, and whether directed at women, at men, or at children, continues, more than 40 years after the enactment of the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976, to be a scourge on our society” – Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division of the High

Court

“In recent years, the United Nations has not reached its full potential due to bureaucracy and mismanagement. We are not seeing the results in line with this investment”

– President Donald Trump