New biographies: Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer during a walkabout on the Comedy Carpet on Blackpool Promenade on July 15, 2021
(Picture: Getty Images)Welcome to Thursday’s Londoner’s Diary. Today, we learn that Oliver Eagleton is writing a new biography of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, and examine the other biographies making their way onto the market. Later, Chocolat author Joanne Harris reveals the prank she played on a co-worker while pregnant, and London Hughes advises Channel 4 to change their approach to black talent. In SW1A, Karen Buck shares her views on the new Conservative dinner party fundraiser with Priti Patel.
