QUOTES of the week

‘Unco-operative crusties.’ Boris Johnson’s description of Extinction Rebellion members who brought swathes of London to a standstill.

‘I was f ined £60 for straying into a bus lane for f ive seconds. I thought I’d go to Oxford Circus and lie down for four hours today and get my money’s worth.’ Today programme sports presenter Garry Richardson jokes in the wake of the Extinction Rebellion protests.

‘Nonsense on a stick.’ BBC presenter and academic Alice Roberts who was stumped by her nine-year-old daughter’s homework – identifying a ‘fronted nonfinite clause’.

‘Wagatha Christie’ Nickname given to Coleen Rooney, who used detective work to out the person leaking stories about her.

‘Guests think it’s from an estate with deer on it, not an estate with swings that haven’t got the swing bit.’ Top chef Tom Kerridge explains the origins of his Matson curry sauce, named after the Gloucester estate where he grew up.

‘It’s like looking in a mirror!’ Prince Harry’s quip to Ed Sheeran – the pair appear together in a World Mental Health Day video.

‘It’s presumably quite annoying for whoever won €190 million in Tuesday’s EuroMillions.’ Economist Duncan Weldon as the pound rebounds amid hopes of a Brexit deal.

‘He was very much just a down-to-earth kind of person in many respects.’ Astronaut Helen Sharman’s unintentional phrase to describe Russian Alexei Leonov, the first man to walk in space, who died aged 85.

‘Once I’ve got over the sense of not being David Moyes to his Alex Ferguson, the sheer terror might subside.’ BBC political correspondent Chris Mason who has the unenviable task of following Jonathan Dimbleby as the host of Radio 4’s Any Questions.