Walter Redfern obituary
Walter Redfern, emeritus professor of Reading University, who has died aged 78, was a renowned scholar of French literature and of the concept and application of humour (his 1984 book Puns is now in...
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Labour politician who devised the Barnett formula, a system that allocates public spending for different parts of the UKThe misfortune of most Labour Treasury teams has been to spend most of their time...
View ArticleAcker Bilk obituary
Jazz clarinettist known for his 1960s hit Stranger on the Shore, his smooth playing and his dapper stage presenceOnce rocknroll reared up behind it in the early 1950s, jazz rarely found itself in the...
View ArticleGeorge Green obituary
In 1939, my father, George Green, who has died aged 97, volunteered for the Royal Navy and trained as a telegraphist. His first seagoing ship was a flower-class corvette, HMS Violet, on which he served...
View ArticleJohn Doman obituary
When my friend John Doman, who came from a devout Sikh family, declared that he wished to become a Christian, the Irish missionary priests in Tanganyika (now Tanzania), where he lived, feared a...
View ArticleStephen Hewitt obituary
You cant be healthy on an unhealthy planet, said my husband, Stephen Hewitt, who has died of renal cancer, aged 56. He believed good town planning could improve health and address health...
View ArticleRenée Asherson obituary
Versatile actor who combined grace with gravity in her many roles over 65 yearsRenée Asherson, a vivacious and stylish actor, who has died aged 99, enjoyed a career on stage and screen spanning 65...
View ArticleDudley Knowles obituary
My colleague, Dudley Knowles, who has died of cancer aged 67, was an influential political philosopher and Hegel scholar. Among his publications, Political Philosophy (2001) remains a widely read...
View ArticleMaurice Ribbans obituary
My father, Maurice Ribbans, who has died aged 82, was fond of saying: Im a man of many parts but not many of them in working order. His family disagreed; the many lives he squeezed into one as...
View ArticleChris White obituary
If you have a UK-produced CD or LP from what many regard as the golden era of pop, there is a strong possibility that the sleeve notes were written by the music journalist Chris White, who has died of...
View ArticleLeonore Davidoff obituary
Historian who changed our understanding of the industrial revolution by putting women centre-stageFor almost four decades, Leonore Davidoffs groundbreaking studies unsettled received wisdoms and...
View ArticleGeoffrey Clarke obituary
Innovative sculptor of ecclesiastical art and maker of stained glass, whose star declined in the secular 60sIn 1952, the critic Herbert Read coined a name for the art of the group of eight sculptors...
View ArticleKevin Berry obituary
My friend Kevin Berry, the arts journalist, has died at the age of 68, following the diagnosis of a brain tumour last year. Although he covered many aspects of the entertainment industry including...
View ArticleGerard W Hughes obituary
Jesuit priest and writer whose God of Surprises persuaded many to stay within the churchAt the synod on the family in the Vatican last month, with the eyes of the world on him, Pope Francis more than...
View ArticleEJ Mishan obituary
Economist who argued that economic growth could make us less happyEzra Mishan, who has died aged 96, was one of the first economists to argue that there are significant downsides to economic growth....
View ArticleNicola Kirk obituary
My friend Nicola Kirk (nee Darby), who has died aged 41 of cancer, may not have been a politician or a medical professional, but she was nevertheless a true pioneer in public services.When her husband,...
View ArticleAnne Mawdsley obituary
Campaigner against the debilitating but little-known diseases Raynauds and sclerodermaIn 1862, when the French doctor Maurice Raynaud first identified a new medical condition he described as...
View ArticleDavid Trendell obituary
Organist, teacher and director of music at Kings College London who ran one of the best choirs in BritainThe musician David Trendell, who has died aged 50 of a brain haemorrhage, combined musicology...
View ArticleJohanna Weber obituary
Mathematician who was instrumental in the development of ConcordeOn 5 November 1956, the government-sponsored supersonic transport aircraft committee held its first meeting, at the Royal Aircraft...
View ArticleSir Maurice Hodgson obituary
Industrialist whose chairmanship of ICI laid the foundations for its renaissance in the 1980sSir Maurice Hodgson, who has died aged 94, was a reforming chairman of ICI during the 1970s and 80s, despite...
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