Western Morning News (Saturday)
The things they say
“Given a story as personal as this one, it’s a hell of a day for my family, and the family of our film”
– Sir Kenneth Branagh after his autobiographical film Belfast was nominated for a string of Oscars. “I was thinking I have met this person now and she is going to be the Queen”
– Nine-year-old Wren TaylorLoder who joined the Duchess of Cornwall as she bedded in a new tree at Roundhill Primary School in Bath for the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative. “There was only one character for me and that’s the cone. I loved it from the first moment I saw it – it reminded me of Dusty Bin. I used to watch that (game show 3-2-1) religiously with my mum on a Saturday night and Traffic Cone had that face”
– Aled Jones on being the Traffic Cone on The Masked Singer.
“Neighbours changed the Australian television landscape. It launched many careers over decades including mine. Engaged and entertained audiences for generations. Hoping that it will find a new home with another UK broadcaster and continue to provide opportunity and entertainment”
– Jason Donovan, who played
Scott Robinson from 1986 to 1989, after Channel 5 said it will stop airing the Australian soap which has been shown on UK television for more than 30
years. “There was a time probably leading up to the pandemic that I was a little overwhelmed with selfies. And after a couple of years, I’m not saying: everybody come and take a selfie – but I’m looking forward to human contact on a large scale”
– Johnny Marr in an interview
with The Observer.