Possible Clues:

• Talk about others
• Dirt, so to speak
• Doctor's round is so diverted by chitchat
• Is the pig up about round the ship, in a manner of speaking (6)
• Idle and mildly malicious talk
• Chat
• Busybody leader lacking leadership captured by uprising of Napoleon
• Dish
• Go a little South, have a little drink, have a little chat
• Malicious talk about other people