Maurice Woods obituary

My journalistic mentor and friend Maurice Woods, who has died aged 98, was the Parliamentary Press Gallery’s oldest surviving former member.

Maurice was a born wordsmith – his middle name, Sewell, reflected a family connection to the author of Black Beauty, Anna Sewell – and his outstanding writing ability led him to a career on the Eastern Daily Press. For 15 years from 1965 he was the paper’s London editor (and its man at Westminster).