Say so
1. Theresa May
2. David Cameron (overheard on air, speaking to the Queen)
3. Jeremy Corbyn
4. Stephen Fry
5. President Barack Obama of the United States, warning against Brexit
6. President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines about President Barack Obama at an Asean summit
7. Gerry Adams, the Sinn Fein politician
8. Hillary Clinton
9. President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, arriving at Harare airport from Dubai, countering rumours of his death
10. Lord Heseltine, of his mother’s dog.
Beastliness
1. Beavers
2. Lynxes
3. Eagles
4. Cod
5. Sperm whales
6. A gorilla
7. Yorkshire terriers
8. Tomatoes
9. Donkeys
10. Jeremy.
Odd
1. Japan
2. President Hassan Rouhani of Iran
3. Cheese
4. China
5. Leicester City
6. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby
7. Helium
8. Human ashes
9. Easter eggs
10. McDonald’s.
Royal
1. Prince George of Cambridge
2. The Elizabeth Line
3. Saudi Arabia
4. The Derby
5. Dame Vera Lynn
6. Prince Harry
7. Thailand
8. Poundbury
9. The Duke of Edinburgh
10. Buckingham Palace.
Pictures and pictures
1. Joel and Ethan Coen
2. Picasso
3. Stephen
4. Dulwich Picture Gallery
5. Mark Rylance
6. Goldfinch
7. Ben Affleck
8. Modest Mussorgsky
9. J.K. Rowling
10. David Hockney.
Truth will out
1. Harley Granville Barker
2. Sir Neville Cardus
3. C.M. Doughty
4. Sir James Frazer
5. Leo Abse
6. Bernard Levin
7. Alec Douglas-Home
8. Goronwy Rees
9. Paul Nash
10. Sir Henry Morton Stanley.
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