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“I saw it in everyone’s faces back in June how much time and effort was going into this, and I could see that there was a lot of pressure on everyone, so I’m so thrilled that you’ve cracked it – so really well done.” - The Duke of Cambridge congratula­tes the Oxford/ AstraZenec­a team after their Covid-19 vaccine was found to be up to 90% effective.

“This will still be a hard winter. Christmas cannot be normal and there’s a long road to spring. But we have turned a corner and the escape route is in sight.” - Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveils his winter plan.

“Have you pressed the button by mistake prime minister? It’s not our end prime minister, it could well be yours.” - Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle jokes with the PM after Mr Johnson lost sound while appearing remotely.

“Looking from the outside in, what it looked like: ‘Mate you’ll be fine, you’ll be cool’, but in that moment just being overwhelme­d by so many people looking up and seeing, you know, internatio­nal news helicopter­s taking in the speech I was making it was like ‘OK cool, now I’m not just speaking to people that follow me, I’m speaking to the world’.” - Actor John Boyega on the speech he gave in London in June this year during a Black Lives Matter rally.

“At first you think ‘Oh, this is a bit glamorous’ when someone is taking a picture of you buying ready-to-eat avocados and cigarettes at the off-licence, but soon enough you feel it begin to infiltrate your brain.” - Normal People actor Paul Mescal on the increase in attention fame brings.

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