Eleanor Herrin obituary
My mother, Dr Eleanor Herrin, who has died aged 99, was a member of a pioneering all-female medical practice created in Oxford during the second world war, with consulting rooms in Broad Street. With...
View ArticleBill Heyck obituary
My PhD supervisor and friend, Bill Heyck, who has died aged 75, was a leading American historian of Britain, but he always maintained “the teaching of teachers” to be his most important vocation....
View ArticleNatalie Lerner obituary
My mother, Natalie Lerner, who has died aged 90, first met my father, Laurence, on the side of a mountain, in South Africa, where they both grew up. He found it hard to keep up with her that day – and...
View ArticleCatherine King Ambler obituary
My cousin Catherine King Ambler, who has died of a brain haemorrhage aged 65, was a social worker and Quaker who, over the course of a full life, touched the lives of many people.Born in Glasgow, she...
View ArticleAlla Sizova obituary
Russian ballerina and star of the Kirov, she danced with Nureyev and BaryshnikovFrom her earliest days as a student at the Vaganova ballet school in St Petersburg, it was clear that Alla Sizova...
View ArticleSheila Stewart obituary
Singer and storyteller who was proud of her Scottish Traveller roots and did much to champion her community’s causesThe singer and storyteller Sheila Stewart, who has died aged 79, inherited the rich...
View ArticleGrahame Clarke obituary
My father Grahame Clarke, who has died aged 72, was a potter, Royal College of Art ceramics lecturer and collector. In a career spanning 50 years he founded two potteries, Highland Stoneware in...
View ArticlePhil Stern, Hollywood photographer – in pictures
Phil Stern, who died on Sunday at the age of 95, liked to call himself a ‘humble paparazzo’. His celebrity subjects weren’t untouchable icons but human beings caught in odd, goofy, telling...
View ArticleGravenhurst obituary
Singer and songwriter with a cult following who peered into the dark heart of humanity to create music of humbling beautyNick Talbot, who has died unexpectedly aged 37, was a singer, songwriter and...
View ArticleTim Black obituary
Doctor and family planning pioneer who co-founded Marie Stopes InternationalTim Black, who has died aged 77, was co-founder in 1975 of Marie Stopes International, which has become one of the world’s...
View ArticleBernard Barry obituary
Bernard Barry, who has died aged 94, was a veteran member of the Communist party and an active trade unionist.The only child of poor Jewish working-class parents, Annie, a dressmaker, and Reuben, a...
View ArticleJohn Hibbs obituary
Transport consultant who promoted the deregulation of UK bus servicesJohn Hibbs, who has died aged 89, was known as the architect of bus deregulation in the UK. It was a combination of personal...
View ArticlePeter Underwood obituary
Expert on the paranormal who wrote more than 50 books on ghost-hunting and the supernaturalPeter Underwood, who has died aged 91, was the author of more than 50 books on ghost-hunting and the...
View ArticleDavid Griffiths obituary
My father, David Griffiths, who has died of multiple organ failure aged 69, was the first in his family to get the chance to go to university. He was Welsh, and his male relatives were miners or...
View ArticleCathy Henderson obituary
My sister, Cathy Henderson, who has died aged 51, was an artist who was gaining increasing recognition in Ireland and beyond.In early 2012 she was selected as co-designer, with Robert Ballagh, of the...
View ArticleJim Hillier obituary
My friend and colleague Jim Hillier, who had died aged 73, was one of the pioneers in film education in Britain. The author and editor of several publications, including an influential two-volume...
View ArticleAL Rees obituary
AL Rees (always known as Al), who has died aged 65, was a writer and tutor in film criticism and theory. He was the author of the influential A History of Experimental Film and Video (2011), which...
View ArticleBrenda Horsfield obituary
People described my friend Brenda Horsfield, who has died at the age of 88, as a force of nature. A willowy six-footer with a mane of fair hair, she was never shy of sharing her sometimes idiosyncratic...
View ArticleJane Anthony obituary
It was a childhood trip with our father to see Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes that first fired my sister Jane Anthony’s passion for singing, particularly opera. Jane, who has died of thyroid cancer...
View ArticleVirna Lisi obituary
Actor who tired of her ‘new Marilyn’ image and left Hollywood for success in EuropeIn the 1960s, like many other female Italian actors of the time, Virna Lisi was tempted to try her luck in Hollywood....
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