THEY SAID WHAT?

“Whatever else Brexit may bring, it will bring English sparkling wine, providing a level of cheer to British drinkers, greater than that provided by the French champagne”

– Environment Secretary Michael

Gove.

“My mum was being spat at, my dad was being beaten up. I was being beaten up on a daily basis by skinheads. We grew up with racism at school, not just by kids but maybe some of the teachers”

– Kenya-born EastEnders star

Nitin Ganatra on his youth.

“Whether this is your first or your 50th time visiting the Fringe as a performer or audience member, this is a place where new discoveries wait around every corner”

– Shona McCarthy, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. “It is right and proper that if our soldiers have done something wrong then they should clearly be investigated. But only if they have done something wrong. What is fundamentally wrong though is if they’re chased by people who are making vexatious claims – and that will not happen on my watch. Absolutely not”

– Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter, above.

“I thought my dad was a pancake maker. I didn’t know he was an actor”

– Carys Zeta Douglas, daughter of Michael Douglas, recalls her childhood.

“People have been asking if I’m going to make a Brexit Thick Of It. I’d love to. Unfortunately, I’m not laughing. This situation is now not just crazy, it’s catastrophic”

– Armando Iannucci, creator of The Thick Of It and The Death Of Stalin.