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Welcome back to the Londoner’s Diary. First up we learn Sir David Attenborough has put pressure on the Prime Minister to safeguard the learned societies at Burlington House which are under threat from soaring rents. Later today Amber Rudd recalls Geoffrey Cox being told off for “mansplaining” during a Cabinet meeting while singer Laura Mvula tells us she is planning to set up her own record label after some bad experiences in the industry. In SW1A Chris Grayling admits he’s got hedgehog envy and Sir Alan Duncan slams The Andrew Marr Show.