THEY SAID WHAT?

“You can trust me to deliver. I will not let you down”

- Prime Minister Theresa May on Brexit.

“In the end, what gives a life meaning is not only how it is lived, but how it draws to a close. I hope this debate will give hope to other cancer patients like me. So that we can live well with cancer, not just be dying of it”

- Labour politician Baroness (Tessa) Jowell, who has died, in a recent speech in the House of Lords for which she received a standing ovation.

“At first I thought it was a terrible idea. It was a huge risk. We all know that the odds are stacked against comebacks. But I was proved wrong and I was very glad that I was! It’s so lovely that it’s been warmly received”

- Actress Hermione Norris on the revival of the TV series Cold Feet. “We don’t know why he stormed the stage but it doesn’t matter, you don’t hijack someone’s hard-earned moment in the spotlight, no matter what your cause”

- Broadcaster Graham Norton, above, on the man who grabbed the microphone from SuRie during her Eurovision performance.

“We need to speak up for the whole of London, to work to challenge the violence and the crime that have led mothers to clean their own children’s blood from our pavements. Could there be a starker image or a more urgent wake-up call for all who love this city, who believe it can have an even better future?”

- Dame Sarah Mullally on her installation as Bishop of London.