Quotes of the week

I’ve always admired Captain Mainwaring

Jacob Rees-Mogg denies his bid to oust the PM has become a Dad’s

Army farce

My ultimate ambition would be to broadcast to the rest of

Stevenage

Garden shed

DJ Deke Duncan gets his 1970s dream job with a Christmas Day show on BBC Three

Counties Radio

I suspect Kylie and Shane may possibly be on the shortlist... I would not hold your breath for Edna or Les

Prince Charles jokes

about Harry’s baby names at an Australia House event attended by Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson creator

Barry Humphries

What next... Snow White and the Seven Tall People?

Theatregoer Bill Nicholson complains about a 6ft actor playing diminutive villain Lord

Farquaad in Shrek prompting show bosses

to think again

Aren’t you supposed to be running a government department?

A Twitter user is not impressed after Michael Gove tweets a link to a Game of Thrones quiz. The Environment Secretary once compared himself to

Thrones’ dwarf Tyrion

Lannister

Ultimately, we decided his overall sporting record wasn’t so exceptional

English Heritage refuses to give a blue plaque to honour batsman Albert Trott – the only cricketer to hit a ball clean over

Lord’s pavilion

Looking back, it’s obviously not the sort of record I would buy

Take That’s Howard Donald admits he doesn’t much care

for their early work