Commentors to the Blog suggested Nick should take the Independent for every penny.

Ball-tampering. There, I've said it. Things that shouldn't be said: the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs and moustache.

As a Doctor, I'm often asked: why can't we see more pictures of Albania?

I'm sorry for croaking at you this evening. This is PM, I'm Eddie Mair: the walrus of news.

well with me now is Geoffrey Robinson. He was once voted 'After-dinner Speaker of the Year', so if you've had your tea, you're in for a treat

Our editor came to work today in a vibrant pink shirt. Vibrant. Several members of staff have had to go home sick.

Yesterday people were going past my window in t shirts and dresses. But that's the men at the BBC for you.

The population of the United Kingdom has, for the first time, reached sixty million. If they stood on each other's shoulders they would reach perhaps twenty feet in the air before toppling over.

Sinn Fein say, "The British government are buggers".

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran ... in one shot on his website he appears to be dressed only in flowers. Oh - here's the page, you'll see what I mean.

We can achieve even more than we could expect if we try to be less distracted by the fuss of life and concentrate more on developing some qualities or characteristic of our soul and character

No matter how long the preparation, you will never feel ready to write an exam, to start a business, to be parent or even to die. Just go for it.

Know what an optimist is, Major? A pessimist without much experience.

Nothing's far when one wants to get there.

I'm in the public eye, so I don't care who knows what I get done. If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked.

I never had any interest in being involved with the Boy Scouts.

I had my neck hurt for like five years, I could barely move my neck from doing this stunt, I almost died twice doing stunts, it's really dangerous.

She fell into the moody, miserable state of mind which often comes when strong wills have to yield to the inevitable.

Things you never thought were going to turn into something end up being the most important things in your life. You have to learn to not try to control it.

We are not saved because we're good. We're good because we're saved.