The Mail on Sunday

QUOTES of the week

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‘Hello everyone. Just wanted to say I’m OK. Well sort of.’ F1 driver Romain Grosjean after miraculous­ly surviving a fireball crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix. ‘They’ve used the virus itself to perform a biological jiu-jitsu, to turn the virus on itself in the form of a vaccine.’ The Prime Minister after regulators approved the Pfizer coronaviru­s jab for use in the UK. ‘We’re a much better country than every single one of them.’ Education Secretary Gavin Williamson upsets Belgium, France and the US with his view on why the UK got a vaccine approved first. ‘Even my father once said, “Put the kettle on, Ken.” ’ Coronation Street veteran Bill Roache, who has played Ken Barlow for 60 years. ‘Oh, you’ll be like Elizabeth Taylor – you’re going to get married eight times.’ Gemma Arterton recalls the reaction of her friends after her divorce. She tied the knot for a second time last year. ‘He’s a bit of a drama queen – he’d have been better wearing a skirt.’ Football pundit Steve Thompson is banned by the BBC for using sexist language during a commentary. ‘I used to have my hair like that in the Sixties so I know your pain.’ The Duchess of Cornwall jokes to singer Emily Capell about her beehive style during a visit to the famous 100 Club in London. ‘This poor Italian actress – the first thing she has to do in America is kiss an old man and be beaten to death.’ Hugh Grant sympathise­s with Matilda De Angelis, the murder victim and his love interest in television drama The Undoing.

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