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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Robbie Smith

Londoner’s Diary: Poet Kate Clanchy under fire again for ‘problem’ school book

Welcome to the first Londoner’s Diary of the week. Today, we report on author Kate Clanchy, under fire again in the publishing world for planned rewrites to her book about teaching children. And, How Robert Peston was stopped from including a questionable nipple description from his new thriller, and Matt Hancock’s running donations page comes a cropper. Also, we find Sally Rooney bookmarks on sale for £5, with her new book out tomorrow. In SW1A, the Tories’ open door policy to all ages, and another left-wing row in Labour.

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