In today's Diary: Pippa Middleton gets covered in booze | Midsomer Murders mysterious poetry link | Rupert Murdoch play launch full of editors | Andrea Leadsom channels Maggie T | Nigella returns with butter and wine | Rain stops play at Hurlingham | More Trump-Russia talk

In Today's Diary: Simon Kelner starts an Independent movement | Tussauds won't wax lyrical on Theresa May | Celebrity chefs are happy as pigs in Shoreditch | Emily Blunt is practically perfect in every way | Stephanie Flanders heads to Bloomberg