American star couple Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick received a royal welcome at Kensington Palace Gardens last night for the Ambassador Theatre Group summer party. The great and the good of British theatre turned out — and some politicians, too. We caught up with Derry Girl Nicola Coughlan, who was perched on a hedge. “I’m sitting in Lady Di’s bush!” she exclaimed. She said she was experiencing a wardrobe malfunction: “Boob tape works for the first hour but after that it’s every man for himself!”
Former chancellor and former Evening Standard editor George Osborne said hello, remembering he was once advised to read this diary column every day because “it’s the one page that could get you fired”. Then, culture secretary Lucy Frazer joined the conversation. “I hate to say it in front of you, Lucy, but when your political career ends, all you get is the plaque on a building you once opened. Mine is Wilmslow train station in Cheshire,” Osborne joked. “Well, I think a political career is about having an impact and changing lives,” Frazer replied earnestly.
