Bill Richardson obituary
My father, Bill Richardson, who has died at the age of 93, could remember seeing marching miners during the General Strike of 1926. At 16, aware of the rise of fascism in Europe, he joined the...
View ArticleBeryl Foote obituary
My best friend, Beryl Foote, who has died after a stroke, aged 67, was probably the first woman quantity surveyor in the British building industry. Many images of Beryl come to mind. Almost invisible...
View ArticleBernard Evans obituary
My friend Bernard Evans, who has died aged 85, was one of Cornwall's foremost figurative painters. An accomplished musician as well as artist, he was a founder of the Newlyn Reelers and a member of the...
View ArticleJim Frederick obituary
Jim Frederick, who has died suddenly aged 42, wrote a perceptive and influential book about the Iraq war. In Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death (2010), he made...
View ArticleGeraldine Amos obituary
My mother, Geraldine Amos, who has died aged 87, founded Home from Hospital Care, a charity that bridges the gap between the discharge from hospital of elderly patients and their return to...
View ArticleLeonard Kingston obituary
My father, Leonard Kingston, who has died aged 84, was a talented writer, actor and teacher. His play Edgware Road Blues, performed at the Royal Court theatre in London with my father playing the lead,...
View ArticleMichael Palmer obituary
My friend Michael Palmer, who has died aged 81, was the consummate European. He was born in London, but after getting a first at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and a spell at the thinktank Political...
View ArticleSandy Wilson obituary
Composer and lyricist best known for The Boy Friend, a fresh and revolutionary musical that took the West End by stormThe composer and lyricist Sandy Wilson, who has died aged 90, achieved his greatest...
View ArticleAhmed Seif el-Islam, leading light of Egypt human rights, has died
Seif el-Islam represented political activists and protesters, including his son, Alaa, and his daughter, SanaaOne of the father figures of Egyptian social activism, Ahmed Seif el-Islam, died on...
View ArticleWinifred Dawson obituary
Winifred Dawson, who has died unexpectedly aged 85, after a stroke, was much loved and will always be remembered for one early relationship. As a young woman in Belfast in the 1950s, Winifred inspired...
View ArticleSimin Behbahani obituary
Iran's most famous female poet and defender of human rightsSimin Behbahani, who has died aged 87, was Iran's most famous female poet, credited with reinventing the ghazal, the lyrical sonnet associated...
View ArticlePierre Ryckmans obituary
Expert on China who dared to criticise Mao's cultural revolution and the gullibility of western sinophilesThe Belgian author and scholar of China Pierre Ryckmans, who has died aged 78 of cancer, was...
View ArticleJack Whitehead obituary
Jack Whitehead, who has died aged 98, was an inspired teacher by nature. No one ever had a conversation with Jack without learning something new, and yet he wore his knowledge lightly. He taught for...
View ArticleStephen Lloyd obituary
Lawyer who helped to modernise the charity sector and conceived the idea of the community interest companyThe modernisation of the UK charity sector and the emergence of social enterprise as a powerful...
View ArticleMichael Brick obituary
Artist who used geometric shapes to express complexity and paradoxCertain ideals ran through the life of the artist Michael Brick, who has died of a heart attack aged 68, and formed his work and his...
View ArticleChris Brooks obituary
Historian who showed how the law became relevant to ordinary people in the aftermath of the English civil warChris Brooks, who has died of a heart attack aged 65, was a pioneer of the history of law,...
View ArticleBill Kerr obituary
Australian actor and comedian who played Tony Hancock's good-natured lodger on radio and appeared in films such as The Dam Busters and GallipoliThe actor and comedian Bill Kerr, who has died aged 92,...
View ArticleMichael Kustow obituary
Writer, producer and ICA head in the late 60s, he had an instinct for the cutting edgeNot many people in the arts over the past half-century in Britain had as big an influence behind the scenes...
View ArticleMary Muhr obituary
My mother, Mary Muhr, who has died aged 94, braved German U-boats to sail from her native New Zealand to Britain in order to marry an Englishman.Her parents, Hugh and Mary Paterson, had emigrated to...
View ArticleRhuna Martin obituary
Rhuna Martin, who has died aged 82, had a brief performing career in her own right, but it was as a cello teacher that she was to make her reputation, particularly working with children. She had a gift...
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