THEY SAID WHAT?

“I don’t think I’m going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I’m not going to be an international sex symbol. America is quite scared of bums. And nipples. We had to make sure there were no bums and nipples out. I don’t know why. Such strange people”

- Actress Florence Pugh, below, who is to star in the new six-part TV spy thriller The Little Drummer Girl.

“The government is being driven by ignorance. The government may be living in an alternate universe, but we as a society and culture know who we are and know our truth and must stick together and raise our voices so we can educate them about gender identities”

- Lady Gaga attacks the Trump administration over its plans to

redefine gender. “Happy Birthday to me. Or, as Dad used to affectionately say, ‘the condom broke”’

- Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds sends birthday greetings to himself.

“We are in a process of negotiation. It would seem to be an act of utter folly to change the Prime Minister at this point”

- International Trade Secretary

Liam Fox.

“I insisted... there should be none of those awful scenes where some none-too-good actors pretend to be Romans at a banquet or recreate the scene of the death of Socrates or whatever”

- Classicist Mary Beard demands there should be no “excruciating” drama reconstructions in any TV programme in which she is involved.

“There are some days when I feel like I’ve been run over by a bus, having not slept”

- Alex Jones, co-presenter of The One Show, on the problems of juggling a job with motherhood.