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HRH The Prince of Wales, 21/06/12

HRH The Prince of Wales

Now, as never before, is the time to re-integrate nature's economy with our own so that, instead of living dangerously off nature's rapidly diminishing capital, we draw a sustainable income from the wise management of that precious capital. Now is the time for focussed, integrated thinking and for collective, decisive action.

Alastair Campbell, 21/06/12

Author and former head of communications to Tony Blair

At a personal level, I don't think I have much in common with David Cameron at all, whose life and background is closer to the play POSH than it is to the values I hold, and the background I come from, a different middle class to the middle class he purports to be.

Yoko Ono, 20/06/12

Artiste

After John passed, I systematically smiled into the mirror every morning. My smile was forced and looked terrible. But as I kept smiling for some time, my smile became a natural smile. It not only became a smile with my mouth and my eyes, but my shoulders, my tummy, and finally, with my whole body!

Noel Gallagher, 24/06/12

Singer/songwriter - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

At 6am on the dot the f***ing fire alarm goes off in the hotel!!! Now usually these things don't last for more than five minutes but this time the b*****d hotel was EVACUATED!!!!!! It was barely getting light AND it was raining. So I'm stood outside in a proper fury.

Roger McGough, 23/06/12

Roger McGough

My path into poetry was strange really, I started out as a teacher and then I became known for my music. I was part of a group called The Scaffold and sang songs like Lily the Pink.

Dawn Porter, 21/06/12

Documentary Maker and Writer.

I think London being named the most unfriendly city for dogs is really sad, with a little bit of compromise by some establishments, man and dog really can be best friends.

Lord Ashdown, 20/06/12

Liberal Democrat peer and president of Unicef UK

If Rio 20 is to steer us on a path of cooperation rather than conflict and a sustainable future for our children it is vital that David Cameron, Nick Clegg and other world leaders are not afraid to dream.

James Dyson, 21/06/12

Inventor, Industrial designer

As an inventor, I've made more mistakes than I care to mention. To me, that is the greatest missed opportunity in education. I'd go as far to say we should award marks for good mistakes. Success may satisfy, but failure drives a hunger.

Dr Raj Persaud and Dr Peter Bruggen, 21/06/12

A dramatic rise in the use of compulsory admissions over the last two decades does not mean that psychiatric disorders have in their nature got worse, but that the prospects for those who have them seem more bleak. This is because a progressively starved, more disorganised NHS is less effectively caring.

Lord Jacob Rothschild, 22/06/12

Chairman of the Rothschild Foundation

About a year ago Zhou Shengxian, the head of China's recently created Environment Ministry wrote: "In China's thousands of years of civilisation the conflict between humanity and nature has never been as serious as it is today." China's problems of rivers and reservoirs drying up - driven in part by its rush to build economic and physical infrastructure - is a more acute manifestation of climate change and economic development than here in the UK. But the perceived conflict between a sustainable environment and GDP growth is surely the most difficult and complex issue which confronts us today. This is all the more apparent when the planet's population is projected to increase by an additional two billion people to nine billion by the year 2050, including three billion new middle class consumers.

Andy Zaltzman, 22/06/12

Comedian

Hosni Mubarak, the former 29-time Egyptian President Of The Year, has this week had the world bickering over whether or not (and to what extent) he is or isn't still alive, just as, for so many years, he had had the self-same planet squabbling over whether or not (and to what extent) he was or wasn't a goodie or a baddie.

Jon Trickett MP, 22/06/12

Jon Trickett MP is Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and MP for Hemsworth

Beneath the blue silk ties, Savile Row suits and faux bonhomie, tribal hatreds threaten to consume sections of the leadership of the Conservative party. Flashes of the venom occasionally spill over into the public domain.

The Guyliner, 22/06/12

Taking on the internet one gay at a time

But now Her Madgesty has displeased her once-devoted flock. But what could it be? The slow degeneration of her music material? The ever-increasing cost of tickets to see her perform live? Well, perhaps, but Madonna's crime seems to be the one that most of us commit eventually, if we're lucky - she got old.

Clare Johns, 19/06/12

BAFTA-nominated documentary filmmaker

I knew that Tony's was the first right-to-die hearing of its kind. Whereas previous cases have clarified the law on the assisted suicide, Tony's case goes further - it represents a fundamental challenge to the law on murder. "The court", says Mr Justice Charles, who allowed Tony's case to proceed, "is being invited to cross the Rubicon."

Melanie Batley, 23/06/12

Political Journalist and Social Commentator

1. Queen Victoria
2. The Queen
3. Kate Middleton

Andrea Mann, 20/06/12

Comedy Editor, Huffington Post UK

Although he'd never been a particularly political comedian, Jimmy Carr's role as a 10 O'Clock Live presenter moved him - whether he liked it or not, and presumably he did - into the realm of satire.

Kate Thompson, 20/06/12

Wedding Expert, Writer and Agony Aunt Extraordinaire

So many of today's stars are chosen to look as close to perfect as possible. Most female celebrities don't have visible eye-bags or spots or jowels or wrinkles like some of us do. Tess Daly, even in her 40s, is more polished than most women in their 20s and 30s. And yet she's teamed on Strictly Come Dancing with ageing 80-something Bruce Forsyth...

Noel Gallagher, 19/06/12

Singer/songwriter - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

So... that England game was an epic encounter. Great atmosphere. Good laugh and all.

Jasmine O Connor, 20/06/12

International Officer, Stonewall

There's been much talk of racism on the Euro 2012 terraces. Homophobic chants and attacks have marred the tournament. But as most of Europe has its eyes on the field, the gay population of Ukraine have their eyes on parliament. There, two proposed bills threaten to change the game for gay rights activists in a decisive way.

Simon Gillespie, 19/06/12

Chief Executive, MS Society

Today Jack Osbourne will be doing what around 50 people in the UK do every week - trying to come to terms with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The difference is, Jack will have to do it in the public spotlight.