In today’s Londoner’s Diary Sir Kenneth Branagh reveals he was almost rejected from Rada because he was too much of a “show-off”, but eventually came to benefit from the criticism. Later on, Ian Hislop shares a story about his early forays into stand-up comedy and Daniel Radcliffe recalls the curious memento he kept from the Potter films. And in our SW1A, former Speaker John Bercow fires a stinging barb at a former colleague who criticised him.
