WHAT THEY SAY
I’m not comfortable with fame. I find it weird that people want photos with a fat bloke from Gloucester. To be fair, I grew up in Gloucester. There are lots of fat, bald blokes in Gloucester – TV
chef Tom Kerridge
Yes, that just about sums it up. The woman eats raw onions for breakfast. It’s for the health benefits and she swears by it – actress Helen George’s response when asked if she thought her fellow Call The Midwife star, Miriam Margolyes, was a bit wild
You’ve got to have a young
element in a show. Any project needs youth and dynamism as well old codgerdom and experience – Sir Tim
Rice
There was a cheeseboard waiting for me in the Versace hotel and I sat down and just ate blocks of cheese for literally about an hour – actress Emily Atack, saying that her jungle experience in I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! had made her more appreciative of food
Remember to breathe – broadcaster Chris Evans in a message to his Breakfast Show successor Zoe Ball
1547: Ivan the Terrible, first Russian to assume title of Tsar, was crowned.
1780: British forces under Admiral Rodney defeated the Spanish at Cape St Vincent.
1908: The first issue of Scouting For Boys, journal of the Scouting Movement, was published.
1909: The magnetic South Pole was found by Ernest Shackleton.
1920: Prohibition started in the United States, banning the manufacture, sale or involvement with alcohol.
1928: Thomas Hardy was buried beside Charles