Stephen 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 put family and gender relations centre stageFor almost four decades, Leonore Davidoffs groundbreaking studies unsettled received wisdoms and advanced understanding of womens history 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 ArticleNina Timofeyeva obituary
Bolshoi dancer who brought dramatic force to ballet’s classic roles through her strong techniqueThe sight of Nina Timofeyeva winding her supple body and long legs around a shepherd’s staff in Yuri...
View ArticleHarry Arnold obituary
Veteran Fleet Street newshound credited with countless scoops and inventing modern royal reportingHarry Arnold, who has died of liver cancer aged 73, was regarded among popular newspaper journalists as...
View ArticleAlex Farrell obituary
Every spring, thousands of daffodils bloom in the London borough of Islington. My dad, Alex Farrell, who has died aged 85, had them planted as a cheap way to brighten up the borough when he chaired...
View ArticleSir Henry Harris obituary
Cell biologist who identified a gene capable of suppressing cancersThe cell biologist Henry Harris, who has died aged 89, made the key discovery that the inactivated form of a virus responsible for a...
View ArticleBig Bank Hank obituary
Member of the Sugarhill Gang, whose influential Rapper’s Delight signalled the arrival of a new musical forceIt may be wrong, strictly speaking, to label Henry Lee Jackson – who performed under the...
View ArticleLetter: Sonia Rolt obituary
In addition to her work as a conservationist, for many years Sonia Rolt played an active part in the organisation of the Cheltenham literature festival, notably in the early 1960s, when its future was...
View ArticleGlen Larson obituary
TV writer and producer behind drama series such as Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider, Magnum PI and QuincyAs the creator of TV series such as Battlestar Galactica, Quincy, Magnum PI and The Fall Guy,...
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