When I was about 14, in about 1984, I decided to become a great poet. Faber & Faber was going to publish… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm such an odd mix of things. My grandfather was Indian: I've got more family living in India than I do in… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I did get the nickname 'craptain' from the Yorkshire dressing room. A bit of banter which I thought was quite funny. — Joe Root Copy Share Image
“Strange bent over these things, with a concentration to rival Minervois's own, questioning, criticizing and proposing. Strange and the two engravers spoke… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, distinctly heard the voice of Jesus telling him to kill women, and he was locked up for… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
I've been a waitress for events, but a lady at the Victoria hotel in Yorkshire showed me how to do it properly. — Vicky Krieps Copy Share Image
When you're a fledgling youth-type adult, it appears that all people in their 40s look old enough to be in a painting… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
The only place I considered home was the boarding school in Yorkshire my parents sent me to. It's easier, isn't it? I… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
I am a fellow commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. My husband used to be a lecturer at Leeds University, and we lived… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
Even with Yorkshire I had 19 fifties before I got my first hundred. — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
Batley and Spen is a gathering of typically independent, no-nonsense and proud Yorkshire towns and villages. — Jo Cox Copy Share Image
One of the grandest figures that ever frequented Eastern Yorkshire was William Smith, the distinguished Father of English Geology. My boyish reminiscence… — William Crawford Williamson Copy Share Image
I'm from a little town called Settle in North Yorkshire, so it's amazing that I get to travel everyday and I get… — John Newman Copy Share Image
Every young cricketer from our county dreams of playing for Yorkshire and going on to represent England. — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
I like Yorkshire terriers. They're good to wash your car with. They fit right in the bucket. — Billiam Coronel Copy Share Image
When I came into the Yorkshire academy I was christened Bluey almost immediately. — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, Childermass's French was so strongly accented by his native Yorkshire that Minervois did not understand and asked Strange if Childermass was… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
She took a deep breath, looking up at the ceiling for a long moment. A raindrop moved slowly down her neck; he… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
I come from Beverley in East Yorkshire, and no one there would step outside their front door, or even their back door,… — Anna Maxwell Martin Copy Share Image
I live in London. But during lockdown I moved back to Yorkshire with my mum and dad. — Rosie Jones Copy Share Image
At the age of 10, I had my first piece published in what was known as the 'Junior Post,' which was part… — Joanna Coles Copy Share Image
