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Robbie Smith

Londoner’s Diary: Lockdown lapse loses club its licence to thrill

Good times: Lily James celebrated her 30th birthday at The Box

(Picture: Getty Images for BFI)

Welcome to today’s Londoner’s Diary. First up, Soho hotspot favoured by Lily James has egg on its face after allowing its lease to lapse during lockdown. Later on, Courtney Love reveals why she loves London so much (spoiler alert: it’s the people). We hear why Salt Bae is angry with the government and Andrew Lloyd Webber protests against making his show Cinderella a Covid test event. In SW1A, Dominic Cummings issues a plea for Prussian translators and Lord David Young recalls the perils of 1980s-era technology.

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