Ken Hawley obituary
Industrial historian who assembled a tool collection of international importanceKen Hawley, who has died aged 87, was one of Sheffield's foremost industrial historians, a former tool salesman whose...
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Surgeon turned Labour minister who worked to support the NHSSam Galbraith, who has died aged 68, was a brilliant neurosurgeon who channelled commitment to the NHS into politics as a Labour MP and...
View ArticleCandida Lycett Green obituary
Author, journalist and conservation campaigner who edited two volumes of her father John Betjeman's lettersCandida Lycett Green, who has died aged 71 of cancer, often said that she had never been "just...
View ArticleMolly Carleton obituary
Molly Carleton, my aunt, who has died aged 103, said that the secret of a long and happy life was to look at oneself in the mirror every morning and laugh.She was born in Leicester, the youngest child...
View ArticleLetter: David Holgate very modestly revealed that the fine statues added to...
About 10 years ago, when I was trying to learn more about Norwich, I took one of Pevsner's perambulations through the city. While I was sitting outside the west front of Norwich Cathedral reading the...
View ArticleBKS Iyengar obituary
World-renowned yoga teacher who brought the art to the westWhen BBC Radio 4 celebrated the 80th birthday of the internationally renowned yoga teacher BKS Iyengar, who has died aged 95, the programme...
View ArticleNicholas Russell obituary
My brother-in-law, Nicholas Russell, the sixth Earl Russell, who has died of a heart attack aged 45, was a tireless campaigner for disability rights. Perhaps his greatest achievement, while he was...
View ArticleShaykh Nazim obituary
Shaykh Nazim, who has died aged 92, was an influential spiritual teacher and head of a branch of the Naqshbandi order of Sunni Islamic Sufism. He led about 300 Sufi centres in more than 30 countries as...
View ArticleJohn Ellis Roberts obituary
Head warden of the Snowdonia national park who brought professionalism to mountain rescueJohn Ellis Roberts, who has died aged 70 in a climbing accident, was for more than three decades head warden of...
View ArticleAlbert Reynolds obituary
Taoiseach remembered for his skill as a dealmaker and for his crucial part in bringing peace to Northern IrelandAs the taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland from 1992, Albert Reynolds, who has died...
View ArticleLyndam Gregory obituary
My husband, the actor Lyndam Gregory, who has died aged 59 of lung cancer, will be remembered for his roles in soaps, notably as Guppy in EastEnders (1995), Sammy in Coronation Street (1983) and Usha's...
View ArticleJeremiah Healy obituary
Award-winning crime writer and creator of the private eye John Francis CuddyDescribing his private eye, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler wrote that "down these mean streets a man must go who is not...
View ArticleLetter: John Gee and the Who at the Marquee Club
My vivid memory of John Gee, former manager of the Marquee Club, is of a rainy Tuesday night in 1964 when the Who began their residency at the club, in Wardour Street. I was a mod called Irish Jack and...
View ArticleJean Redpath obituary
Folk singer who played with Bob Dylan and recorded Robert BurnsThe Scottish folk singer Jean Redpath, who has died of cancer aged 77, was best known in her native country through her recordings,...
View ArticleJohn Mitchell obituary
The work of my friend the artist John Mitchell, who has died aged 71 from pancreatic cancer, developed from a British figurative tradition through American pop art to the pure abstraction of European...
View ArticleBrian G Hutton obituary
Film-maker who directed two of the most popular box-office hits Where Eagles Dare and Kelly's HeroesBrian G Hutton, who has died of heart failure aged 79, directed Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Kelly's...
View ArticleHelen Bamber obituary
Tireless campaigner for human rights who fought for the victims of torture and crueltyHelen Bamber, who has died aged 89, was renowned for her lifetime pursuit of human rights for those who faced the...
View ArticleRichard Attenborough obituary
Outstanding figure in British cultural life, he was an actor, director and ebullient patron of several charitiesRichard Attenborough, who has died aged 90, had three distinct personas for those who...
View ArticleVictor Bramley obituary
My friend Victor Bramley, who has died aged 80, was the longest serving member of the St Ives Society of Artists, in west Cornwall. Elected to membership in 1961, he exhibited with the society every...
View ArticleRoger Wyndham Barnes obituary
In 1988, a 40th birthday party for Roger Wyndham Barnes climaxed when he led around 100 musicians connected to Jive Alive, the most renowned of the groups he had formed, through a sensational rendition...
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