Pick of the week’s Gossip

One of the unexpected stars of this week’s Labour conference was a £10 paperback entitled Poems for Jeremy Corbyn. Part of a range of merchandise sold by Momentum, the book contains 50 odes to the Labour leader. One, entitled Tell Me Lies About the Austerity Plan, appears to be based on The Hokey Cokey: “You put your ballot paper in / You take your new membership right out / You take an honest leader, and try to shake him all about.” Another, in free verse, reads: “Someone crept in / and lit a candle in our hearts / that someone happened / to be him.”

Laurence Fox may be an Old Harrovian and the scion of an acting dynasty – but he regards himself as working class. The actor (son of James Fox, and nephew of Edward) says the fact that he often works for the minimum wage makes him working class. However, Kevin Whately, his co-star in the ITV drama Lewis, disagrees. “Kev and I argue about this the whole time,” Fox told the Sunday Mirror. “We spent every day on set arguing about class. I said I was working class and so is my dad. We aren’t rich and we go to work. Kevin just kept saying that was bull****.”

Adele was reported to be so heartbroken about the shock Brangelina split that she dedicated a concert to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. But it turns out she was only joking: this week, she explained that, in fact, she “couldn’t give a f***ing s**t” about the superstars’ break-up, and said she thought it was “sick” that it was front page news.