Welcome to the final Londoner’s Diary of the week. First up the National Youth Jazz Orchestra has admitted to us that it must change after two employees left and criticised its approach to diversity. And Sir Lenny Henry despairs at people getting defensive over the term “systemic racism”. Later, Tracey Thorn recalls one of her most outré moments and we wonder whether London’s parakeets need to watch out for an armed Jeremy Paxman? In our SW1A today Sir Lindsay Hoyle recalls his favourite aphorism from 17th-century Parliamentarian John Pym.
