A Lytle riposte

DOWNING STREET designer Lulu Lytle has come out fighting after her style was denounced as ‘imperial nostalgia’. Author Sathnam Sanghera tweeted the term and described the PM’s apartment she helped decorate and furnish – above Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s office – as the ‘ultimate brown person nightmare’.

My photo, right, shows an example of Lulu’s style. She tells me her work is ‘underpinned by research and discussions with experts about global influences on design and exchange of ideas’. She roped in textile expert Karun Thakar to defend her and he messaged me to say: ‘We need individuals like Lulu who are aware and supportive of these struggles’.