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Tuesday's Quote of the Day

09:16 UK time, Tuesday, 10 August 2010

"It's simply Ukip set to music" - Opera director Sir Jonathan Miller on the work of Gilbert and Sullivan.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Sir Jonathan described the duo's work as "boring, self-satisfied English drivel" in an interview for Sky Arts. As diarist Tim Walker notes, Sir Jonathan's remarks are incongruous given that his 1986 revival of the pair's opera The Mikado was hailed as a "classic".

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