John Donovan obituary
My father, John Donovan, who has died aged 83, was an artist and writer. His novella Anne, a lyrical work in a stream-of-consciousness style, was published in 1972 by John Calder and Marion Boyars in...
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Film director whose action movies included The Towering Inferno and King KongThe film director John Guillermin, who has died aged 89, started on cheap British B films in the 1950s and progressed to...
View ArticleRoland Collins obituary
Painter with a feeling for the unusual and overlooked detail of the British landscapeThe artist Roland Collins, who has died aged 97, was a fine painter of places in the realistic tradition of the...
View ArticleIlltyd Harrington obituary
Politician who was Ken Livingstone’s deputy leader and chairman at the Greater London council in the early 1980sThe Welsh-born London politician Illtyd Harrington, who has died aged 84, was most...
View ArticleBrian Friel obituary
Playwright who was a towering figure of the stage from Dublin to BroadwayWhen asked why he had two birth certificates, one dated 9 January 1929 and the other 10 January, the Irish playwright Brian...
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View ArticleCecilia Sonola obituary
My partner’s mother, Cecilia Sonola, who has died aged 75, was one of the first generation of immigrants from Nigeria who made their way in the 1960s in Notting Hill, west London.She was born Omoleye...
View ArticleDon Love obituary
My father, Don Love, who has died aged 93, lived an inspirational patchwork of a life.He was born in Birmingham, third of four sons of Nellie, a nurse, and Arthur, a soldier who was later a bootmaker....
View ArticleMargaret Evans obituary
My friend Margaret Evans, who has died aged 82, was an intuitive, vibrant painter who, during her time at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, made a particular impression on its principal, William...
View ArticleRoger Hughes obituary
My friend Roger Hughes, who has died of pulmonary fibrosis aged 71, was the Lloyd Roberts professor of zoology at Bangor University.Youngest of three children of Caroline (nee Lingard) and Robert...
View ArticleJoseph Lamb obituary
My father Joseph Lamb, who has died aged 87, was professor of physiology at the University of St Andrews, chairman of the Save British Science society (SBS) and the initiator of one of the first...
View ArticleWalter Friedrich obituary
My friend Walter Friedrich, who has died aged 85, was an academic psychologist and political thinker who played an influential role in events leading up to the first democratic elections in East...
View ArticlePeter Massey obituary
My friend Peter Massey, who has died aged 83, was a much respected former BBC producer who worked on the 1966 World Cup, the 1972 Olympics, the first televising of state banquets at Buckingham Palace,...
View ArticleLetters: Charles Hannam was a great teacher to whom many people owe such a lot
Pam Nixon writes: Back in the late 1950s, when I was a sixth former at Lincoln Girls’ high school, my boyfriend from the boys’ grammar school was always talking about his amazing history teacher,...
View ArticleAndy Duckworth obituary
Our friend Andy Duckworth, who has died aged 50 of a brain haemorrhage, was a secondary school maths teacher who eventually became a successful businessman selling IT equipment to schools. He also...
View ArticleMatthew Wood obituary
My friend Matthew Wood, who has died aged 44 of a brain tumour, was one of Britain’s leading sociologists in the field of religion.He was a lecturer in sociology at Queen’s University Belfast, where...
View ArticleGordon Honeycombe obituary
Television newscaster who also succeeded as an actor and writer for the stageAlthough best known as a television newsreader, Gordon Honeycombe, who has died aged 79, was also an actor, narrator and...
View ArticleSir Geoffrey Howe: a life in politics - in pictures
Sir Geoffrey Howe, later Lord Howe, went from backbench Tory MP to Margaret Thatcher’s right-hand man in a public career that spanned more than 40 yearsGeoffrey Howe dies, aged 88Continue reading...
View ArticleLord Howe of Aberavon obituary
Tory chancellor and foreign secretary whose resignation speech hastened the downfall of Margaret ThatcherIt is the supreme irony of his long Westminster career that the political legacy of Geoffrey...
View ArticleJim Diamond obituary
Singer-songwriter whose top five hits in the 1980s included I Should Have Known BetterThe Scottish singersongwriter Jim Diamond, who has died unexpectedly aged 64, guaranteed himself a niche in the...
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