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Robbie Smith

Londoner’s Diary: Stanley Johnson’s ready to put down his pen… but after one final novel

Stanley Johnson

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Welcome back to the Londoner’s Diary. First up, Stanley Johnson tells us he is ready to “call it a day” on his writing career, before revealing that he’s got a new novel in the works. Later on we learn that Rosalind Franklin is to be commemorated with a Hampstead statue and photographer Mick Rock explains how David Bowie could give star power to even the most unglamorous of things, including a British Rail lunch. And in our SW1A today Penny Mordaunt opens up about her dyslexia diagnosis.

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