Buddy DeFranco dies aged 91
Jazz clarinetist, who recorded with musicians including Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, passes away at a Florida hospitalRenowned jazz clarinetist Buddy DeFranco – who collaborated with Frank...
View ArticleJane Bown: The lady behind the lens
When Jane Bown donated her life’s work to the Scott Trust, Luke Dodd was assigned to help her archive the vast collection of negatives and prints. He recalls the friendship that grew over several years...
View ArticleJane Bown remembered: ‘We had fun, didn’t we?’
Over 60 years, Jane Bown produced some of the most recognisable portraits of the world’s most famous faces, but remained an enigma, even among some of her closest colleaguesJane Bown: the final...
View ArticleGeoff Pullar obituary
Skilful left-handed batsman for England, Lancashire and Gloucestershire dogged by injuryThere were at least two unusual aspects to the cricketing career of Geoff Pullar, who played 28 Test matches for...
View ArticleLeo Tindemans obituary
Former prime minister of Belgium who was one of the fathers of European integrationLeo Tindemans, the former Belgian prime minister and veteran centre-right politician, who has died aged 92, will be...
View ArticleDavid Ryall obituary
Character actor with a distinguished stage, TV and film career that included a Harry Potter cameoDavid Ryall, who has died aged 79, was one of the most distinguished character actors at the National...
View ArticleJean Stogdon
Social worker who championed kinship care and co-founded the charity Grandparents PlusJean Stogdon, who has died aged 86, was a full-time housewife and mother until the age of 40, when she began a...
View ArticleJohn Gurney obituary
My son-in-law, John Gurney, who has died aged 54 of cancer, was an early modern historian and leading expert on Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers, a radical agrarian movement of the late 1640s.The son...
View ArticleRaymond Kannemeyer obituary
My grandfather, Raymond Kannemeyer, who has died aged 94, was a teacher, writer, family man and humanist.Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Raymond attended the city’s Grassy Park EC primary school,...
View ArticleLuise Rainer obituary
Hollywood film star of the 1930s who won Oscars for The Great Ziegfeld and The Good EarthThere are very few actors whose culture and friendships ranged so widely, and who knew so many of the great...
View ArticlePeter Nicholls obituary
My friend and mentor Peter Nicholls, who has died aged 79, spent 50 years researching the biochemistry of haem proteins, which react with oxygen in our bodies to create useful energy for cells. His...
View ArticleFather Gleb Yakunin obituary
Priest in the Russian Orthodox Church who campaigned on human rights issuesIncredible as it may seem, there were three times as many churches open in the Soviet Union on the day that Stalin died in...
View ArticleJohn Townsend obituary
My brother, John Townsend, who has died aged 82, was a distinguished librarian who made a lasting contribution to Viking studies.The first child of Marjorie (nee Benson) and Cecil Townsend, John was...
View ArticleMC Lemon obituary
My father, MC Lemon, known to his friends as Mick, who has died of lung cancer aged 69, was an author and scholar whose academic specialism was the history of political thought and political theory. As...
View ArticleIvor Grattan-Guinness obituary
Energetic historian of mathematics and logicWhen Ivor Grattan-Guinness, who has died aged 73 of heart failure, became interested in the history of mathematics in the 1960s, it was an area of study...
View ArticleLetter: John Freeman’s diplomatic charm
John Freeman’s years as British high commissioner to India, 1965-68, happily coincided with my own stay there, sponsored by the Ministry of Overseas Development, as a professor at Delhi’s Indian...
View ArticleHugh Baron obituary
The physician and gastroenterologist JH Baron’s stated hobby was “looking”; his quizzical gaze perused scientific data, paintings, buildings and committee members alike. Many were found wanting. Hugh,...
View ArticleThe Duke of Wellington obituary
Countryside campaigner with a distinguished war record, he devoted much of his life to preserving the Hampshire estate of his ancestor, the 1st Duke, the hero of WaterlooValerian Wellesley, the 8th...
View ArticleSimon Sedgwick-Jell obituary
Simon Sedgwick-Jell, who has died suddenly aged 64, was a colourful figure familiar to residents of Cambridge, where for three decades he was prominent in the city’s political scene.The son of...
View ArticleAileen Hogan obituary
My wife, Aileen Hogan, who has died of cancer aged 59, was a researcher and administrator in molecular and developmental biology.Daughter of James Hogan, a salesman, and his wife, Mona, a nurse, Aileen...
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