QUOTES of the week

‘They don’t hang around in Sussex, do they?’

Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth

reacts to news that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their first child.

‘I never knew sandwiches were gender-specific. I’m female but thankfully Waitrose let me purchase one anyway.’

Amy Lame

objects to the supermarket’s Gentlemen’s smoked chicken caesar roll.

‘I just thought Hugh was a bit annoying, too good-looking and a bit posh. I was right about all of those things but he was also very good.’

Writer Richard Curtis

on why he was against casting Hugh Grant in Four Weddings And A Funeral.

‘You’re better than some of the Ministers we have before us.’

Labour’s Lucy Powell

thanks robot Pepper for giving evidence to a panel of MPs on AI technology. ‘I hope you rot in hell. My only disappointment is you died instantly.’

Katrina Sutton’s

scathing attack on her son Mark, shot dead mistakenly by a hunter in France. She claims he was a rapist.

‘I find the messianic Californian new-worldytouchy-feely culture of Facebook a little grating.’

Nick Clegg’s

2016 view of the social media giant – he is now its head of global affairs.

‘It felt as if the chemo was taking on a life of its own, like some malevolent gremlin.’

Former BBC star Bill Turnbull

explains why he asked doctors to stop his ‘unbearable’ prostate cancer treatment.

‘When I was a teenager I’d say, “What do you know anyway?” and then when I grew up I realised, “Yeah, quite a lot.”’

Lucy Hawking

recalls the rows she had as a teenager with her late father, Prof Stephen Hawking.

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