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

Husband of Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo OBE
(Picture: Paul Stuart )

Welcome back to the Londoner’s Diary. First up David Shannon who has just launched his debut novel tells us it was vital his Booker winning wife ‘didn’t completely hate it’. Later today we hear how Damien Hirst is going green and Mishal Husain talks about her shock encounter with some rhubarb. In our SW1A today we hear Victoria Atkins is retiring — from skateboarding.

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