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Londoner’s Diary: Modern cult of celebrity disturbs me, says Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox

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Welcome back to the final Londoner’s Diary of the week. First up Annie Lennox hits out at the modern culture of celebrity where “people who are famous just for being famous”. Later today swimmer Adam Peaty tells he he’s not massively confident about his Strictly appearance and Quentin Tarantino wonders if he’d prefer audio versions of Ben Affleck films as that way he wouldn’t have to look at the actor. And in SW1A Oxford University struggle to respond after their vice-chancellor says she’s embarrassed Micheal Gove was a student there.

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