Welcome back to the Londoner’s Diary live blog. First up, the Chiltern Firehouse faces local opposition over plans to extend its terrace opening hours; a litany of complaints included reference to a brass band being “very loud”... Riz Ahmed discusses how learning the drums for the Sound of Metal was like a form of “intense psychotherapy”. Later today, Ray BLK talks about the limits the music industry imposes on people and Boy George enjoys a rooftop revel at Selfridges. Then in our SW1A, we learn how Prince Philip unintentionally kickstarted the career of the late Baroness Shirley Williams, before political journalist Rachel Sylvester recalls a young Boris Johnson coming into work to ask about “orange johnnies”...
