Welcome back to the Londoner’s Diary. Today, comedian Rob Beckett tells us the pandemic will exacerbate comedy’s class problem as fewer working-class comedians will be able to break through. Later, art historian Charles Saumarez Smith recalls an ill-fated trip to Abu Dhabi, before Women’s Equality Party co-founder Catherine Mayer makes a bold request of London Mayoral candidate, Count Binface. We also hear about the difficulties faced by rapper Professor Green when he launched a new health campaign. Then in SW1A, Laurence Fox secures the endorsement of a significant political player (his former Harrow matron), before we consider the classical allusions of Boris Johnson’s recent alleged remarks.
