Words of the week

I’M an ideas factory. – Selfdescription by the Duke of York.

I AM no Luddite, I believe strongly in the positive power of technology, but I’m afraid I find the situation alarming. – Prince William, speaking about digital technology’s impact on children.

NEVER before have we been so aware of what we are doing to our planet - and never before have we had such power to do something about it. – TV wildlife expert Sir David Attenborough.

ONE person’s rebel is another person’s freedom fighter. – Tory MP Nicky Morgan, former Education Secretary.

I’VE got nothing against Yorkshire but calm down. You’ve got good tea. – Rock star Liam Gallagher at a Leeds gig.

WE are still massively in this series.

– England cricket captain Joe Root after Australia went 2-0 up in the Ashes.

I HATE to be the gloom and doom merchant but it doesn’t look good. – Former Asheswinning skipper Michael Vaughan fears a 5-0 Ashes whitewash.

I’M not Momentum. I’m not Progress. I’m not trade union. I’m a Labour MP to represent all my constituents. – Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner on factionalism in politics.

SHE earned her place in British history but at a huge personal price. We are all very proud of

who she was. – Seymour Platt on the death of his mother Christine Keeler who was at the centre of the Profumo sex scandal which brought down Harold Macmillan’s government.

I START by apologising for my voice. Once again, I have acquired the single European cough, but I hope that it will pass. – Brexit Secretary David Davis, addressing MPs.

THIS is a first for me, to do a television interview on the phone.

– Sir Michael Parkinson improvises after missing an appearance on the TV show Lorraine because of traffic.

THERE is something inappropriately sexy about taking a piece of clothing off to receive Holy Communion. – TV style guru Susannah Constantine.