Western Morning News (Saturday)
The things they say
“A true force of nature who created one of soap’s most iconic soap characters ever in Dot Cotton. Up there with the greats. Talking of which, I am imagining a cloud in heaven with June, Barbara and Anna Karen now sitting on it. My advice to all angels nearby would be approach with caution. Rest in peace dearest June, you were a one-off, and love to all her family”,
– June Brown’s former agent Scott Mitchell pays tribute to the Albert Square stalwart.
“There might be some artists that do go back and listen to their own stuff for pleasure. But yeah ... not for me. Of course, everybody in our game has a huge ego. They’re massively ego-centric nutjobs. But I don’t have quite the amount of ego required to listen to our music for joy”
– Franz Ferdinand frontman
Alex Kapranos. “I hope when you write this you put across the joy and enthusiasm I feel for life”
– Baroness Floella Benjamin being interviewed by the Sunday Telegraph. “My sense of relief at the notebooks’ safe return is profound and almost impossible to adequately express. I, along with so many others, all across the world, was heartbroken to learn of their loss and my joy at their return is immense”
– Dr Jessica Gardner, director of library services, after two Charles Darwin manuscripts reported stolen from Cambridge University Library were anonymously returned. “It took officers a moment to digest the scene in front of them, however they didn’t crumble and ensured that traffic was able to continue moving”
– Derbyshire police spokesperson after a lorry spilt hundreds of biscuits across a main road.