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        Londoner’s Diary: Ding dong! Grayson Perry to ring in post-pandemic world with specially cast bell
        Emily Prescott
        • Apr 10, 2021
        • 1 min

        Londoner’s Diary: Ding dong! Grayson Perry to ring in post-pandemic world with specially cast bell

        GRAYSON PERRY is making a bell to be rung at the end of the pandemic — which supporters of Whitechapel’s closed Bell Foundry hope will...
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        Londoner’s Diary: I would be crushed if my wife hated my book, says David Shannon
        Emily Prescott
        • Apr 10, 2021
        • 1 min

        Londoner’s Diary: I would be crushed if my wife hated my book, says David Shannon

        David Shannon, who has just launched his debut novel HOWUL: a life’s journey, said it was vital that his wife “didn’t completely hate...
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        Londoner’s Diary: ‘Brexit has left Britain’s fashion industry in real danger of being bypassed’
        Emily Prescott
        • Apr 10, 2021
        • 3 min

        Londoner’s Diary: ‘Brexit has left Britain’s fashion industry in real danger of being bypassed’

        Brexit will devastate the British fashion industry unless the Government provides urgent support, say fashion leaders. “We desperately...
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        Londoner’s Diary: Pandemic will prompt MeToo moment for disabled people, says comic Rosie Jones
        Emily Prescott
        • Apr 10, 2021
        • 3 min

        Londoner’s Diary: Pandemic will prompt MeToo moment for disabled people, says comic Rosie Jones

        Comic Rosie Jones believes disabled people’s experience of the pandemic will bring about a movement as powerful as Black Lives Matter or...
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        Londoner’s Diary: Maggi Hambling ‘gift’ shows even great artists still have to earn a living
        Emily Prescott
        • Apr 10, 2021
        • 1 min

        Londoner’s Diary: Maggi Hambling ‘gift’ shows even great artists still have to earn a living

        Maggi Hambling is a maverick — right down to gift giving. The artist once delighted someone she worked with on a sold-out exhibition by...
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        Londoner’s Diary: Stanley Johnson’s ready to put down his pen… but after one final novel
        Emily Prescott
        • Apr 10, 2021
        • 1 min

        Londoner’s Diary: Stanley Johnson’s ready to put down his pen… but after one final novel

        STANLEY JOHNSON tells us he is “ready to call it a day” on his writing career after republishing The Warming and releasing a new novel,...
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        Londoner’s Diary: James Middleton says he is troubled by cost of pandemic puppies
        Emily Prescott
        • Apr 10, 2021
        • 1 min

        Londoner’s Diary: James Middleton says he is troubled by cost of pandemic puppies

        James Middleton, who recently gave one of his puppies to his sister, the Duchess of Cambridge, tells us he fears breeders are taking...
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        The Londoner: Lockdown didn’t slow us down, says sex club founder
        Emily Prescott
        • Dec 22, 2020
        • 1 min

        The Londoner: Lockdown didn’t slow us down, says sex club founder

        Lockdown isn’t the disaster for sex clubs that you might think it is, as the founder of London’s exclusive Killing Kittens tells us her...
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        The Londoner: Rupert Everett’s idea to ruin Richard E Grant’s awards night glory
        Emily Prescott
        • Dec 22, 2020
        • 1 min

        The Londoner: Rupert Everett’s idea to ruin Richard E Grant’s awards night glory

        Rupert Everett says he was tempted to jump out of a window and ruin Richard E Grant’s evening of Golden Globes glory last year after he...
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        The Londoner: I’m not afraid of ‘kill whitey’ joke critics, says Sophie Duker
        Emily Prescott
        • Dec 22, 2020
        • 2 min

        The Londoner: I’m not afraid of ‘kill whitey’ joke critics, says Sophie Duker

        Sophie Duker, the comic at the centre of a storm over a “kill whitey” joke on a panel show, tells The Londoner “I am deliberate and...
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        The Londoner: Tackling Covid? Johnson Snr has some novel advice
        Emily Prescott
        • Dec 22, 2020
        • 1 min

        The Londoner: Tackling Covid? Johnson Snr has some novel advice

        Boris Johnson may have a secret weapon against the novel coronavirus: his father Stanley’s novel The Virus. “I happen to know he has...
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        The Londoner: Stanley Johnson wants to bring beavers back to the capital
        Emily Prescott
        • Dec 22, 2020
        • 1 min

        The Londoner: Stanley Johnson wants to bring beavers back to the capital

        Stanley Johnson tells us he hopes to reintroduce beavers to London after his son, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and his siblings helped...
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        The Londoner: Wollstonecraft outrage ‘shows it’s a triumph’
        Emily Prescott
        • Dec 22, 2020
        • 2 min

        The Londoner: Wollstonecraft outrage ‘shows it’s a triumph’

        The chairwoman of the project which commissioned Maggi Hambling’s A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft says she’s still “processing” her...
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        The Londoner: ‘Zoos should be allowed to open if gardens can’
        Emily Prescott
        • Dec 22, 2020
        • 1 min

        The Londoner: ‘Zoos should be allowed to open if gardens can’

        London Zoo’s director is rallying against the decision to close his attraction again while botanical gardens remain open. Dominic Jeremy...
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        The Londoner: Savile Row keeps things classy with bespoke PJs
        Emily Prescott
        • Jul 17, 2020
        • 1 min

        The Londoner: Savile Row keeps things classy with bespoke PJs

        Even during a pandemic there’s still a call for a touch of class from Savile Row, as London’s smartest street adapts to coronavirus (with...
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        The Londoner: Black session musicians matter too, says singer
        Emily Prescott
        • Jul 17, 2020
        • 1 min

        The Londoner: Black session musicians matter too, says singer

        Many talented black music artists remain as backing vocalists because they “feel they will never have a fair or real opportunity at...
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        The Londoner: Lip-sync maestro Meggie wants to be the next Tate
        Emily Prescott
        • Jul 17, 2020
        • 1 min

        The Londoner: Lip-sync maestro Meggie wants to be the next Tate

        Meggie Foster, the actress who has shot to viral fame with her lockdown lip syncs, tells us she wants to be the next Catherine Tate....
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        The Londoner: We can’t hire you, black TV presenter was told
        Emily Prescott
        • Jul 17, 2020
        • 1 min

        The Londoner: We can’t hire you, black TV presenter was told

        TV presenter Leah Charles-King says a “black doesn’t sell” narrative continues behind the scenes in TV as she reveals she was once calmly...
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        The Londoner: We’re in The Thick Of It, but this time it’s a tragedy
        Emily Prescott
        • May 22, 2020
        • 1 min

        The Londoner: We’re in The Thick Of It, but this time it’s a tragedy

        It’s fifteen years since the Londoner’s favourite satire, The Thick Of It, was broadcast. Creator Armando Iannucci told us: “Malcolm...
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        The Londoner: Enraging Carole Baskin was risky, admits prankster
        Emily Prescott
        • May 22, 2020
        • 1 min

        The Londoner: Enraging Carole Baskin was risky, admits prankster

        A PRANKSTER who tricked Tiger King star Carole Baskin into a fake interview says he was “absolutely terrified” because “she’s probably...
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