Words of the Expert

"I am obsessed with things like lighting and the loos."
Food critic Kate Spicer, on what she looks for in fine dining

"See the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over."
Former US President George Bush privately discussing via a live mic how to put pressure on Syria to halt attacks on Israel by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to his old ally former British Prime Minister Tony Blair

"I will not accept that their behaviour is 'normal' or encourage children to indulge in it. Toleration and understanding is one thing, but the state promotion of homosexuality is quite another."
British election candidate for the Conservative political party, Philip Lardner, who has been suspended for describing gay people on his website as "not normal"

"Aviation is vital - this is a high value knowledge economy where you need to move people."
Gareth Elliott, senior policy adviser at the British Chambers of Commerce, on why people need planes

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