Maureen Lipman

“Putin revels in others’ weakness. A man with a facelift who poses bare-chested on horseback is not a well man”

“Must the garage have a Nespresso bar? Must the library and the swimming pool do shawarma and chips?”

“It’s my Labour Party, Mr Corbyn, and I’ll cry if I want to”

“Corbyn, Sadiq Khan and Livingstone have embraced those who incite the murder of Jews”

‘There is nothing left for a girl to expose save her pubic mound — and that can’t be far off now’

“Should I be grateful for the great Jewish characters I’ve played — or sad that in a 50-year career I’ve rarely played a “classic” role?”

‘It can’t just be a coincidence that so many of the best films of the year are about bullying and abuse’

“One can certainly see why the Iberians want the Rock”

“Aung San Suu Kyi must play a clever political game with her former captors”

‘Off we went with our parsley-flecked teeth to see Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy’