Now that the Evening Standard has changed its deadlines so journalists won't be free for lunch until 2pm, their local eaterie may find a few empty tables "It's the end of an era," says one rotund Standardite. But it will keep the expenses claims down.Some don't like it hotOver at Westminster, lobby hacks are already feeling fairly miffed at having their offices in the Press Gallery requisitioned by the powers-that-be while the Commons roof is being fixed. But in the long, dry summer, there have also been complaints about sweltering temperatures and lack of refreshments. After 5pm - canteen closing time at recess - all that's available is a slow dripping tap, which draws long queues of sweaty hacks. "It makes travelling on the Tube in this weather seem like luxury," says one.Moggy seeks new homeThe fun is over at The Spectator.

Humble toilers in the magazine's Doughty Street home have clicked that when they finally move to their plush new St James's Park offices in February, their dreaded chief executive Andrew Neil really will have his beady eye on them. £35,000 was spent on the champagne reception to quench the thirst of his guests. One shudders to think what constitutes being "a great winer and diner" in Boulton's book.Late lunch lamentDisaster for Kensington Place. After a minor slip such as "The modern family is not always a married family" and his suggestion that marriage is "not for everyone", Johnson finds himself under the sort of barrage last seen at the Battle of Jutland. What can have inspired this? Could it be that Mail editor Paul Dacre is doing some useful work for his friend Gordon Brown, who sees Johnson as perhaps the only real threat to his securing the leadership of the Labour Party?A fine winerAdam Boulton, the portly political editor of Sky News, once said of politicians: "I do to a certain extent separate myself from them.

I am not a great winer and diner." So how wonderful to see the bar bill after his wedding to the PM's former gatekeeper, Anji Hunter, last weekend. It remains a niche product in the European market and is outsold by the FT.MEDIA DIARYJohnson's JutlandThe Daily Mail has been particularly sharp to the Education Secretary, Alan Johnson, for loose comments he made about family values. City AM was launched in September 2005 by former Metro International executives Jens Torpe and Lawson Muncaster Its audited distribution, in May 2006, was 82,549 copies. Recent online research found that its average reader is 36 years old and earns £77,000.The Wall Street Journal EuropeThe US financial giant launched in Europe in 1983 and converted to a compact format last October in a bid to increase its appeal to European readers.