THEY SAID WHAT?

“A media that is clustered in the capital can’t possibly reflect and represent the rich and diverse tapestry that is the UK. It is clear the development of Media City in Salford has been great for the BBC, for ITV and for an exciting cluster of tech and production companies in the region”

– Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright welcoming Channel 4’s decision

to spread beyond London.

“I had been brainwashed into believing that my existence was limited to the boundaries of another person’s approval. I had been tricked into thinking that my body was not my own, that I was beautiful only if someone else believed it, regardless of my own opinion”

– Hollywood star Kelly Marie Tran

on the problems of being an Asian woman in a “whitedominated world”. “I never had a hangover but my husband used to say to me, ‘You’re just topping up what you had the night before”’

– Actress Linda Robson, above, who feared she was on the way to alcoholism when she drank a bottle of wine a night.

“In the UK we talk about Brexit and Brexit and Brexit. It is an important issue, but it isn’t the only issue that is out there in terms of global trade” – International Trade Secretary

Liam Fox.

“Resilience is going out the window, which is a shame. People love to be offended, which is a really offensive thing to say. Somebody is going to be offended by me saying that”

– Actor Guy Pearce.