Albert Hunt obituary
Director, teacher and writer who made his mark in alternative theatre in the 1960s and 70sAlbert Hunt, who has died aged 86, was a teacher, director and controversialist who belonged to an...
View ArticleGeorge Mueller obituary
Father of the space shuttle who played a vital role in the Apollo 11 moon landingOn 21 May 1961, soon after the Soviet Union had launched Yuri Gagarin into space and in the aftermath of the abortive...
View ArticleDavid Drew obituary
Dancer best known for his character roles who had a 56-year association with the Royal BalletAlthough his name might never have appeared at the top of the posters, David Drew, who has died aged 77, was...
View ArticleLetter: Gordon Honeycombe brought ITN glamour to the Pennines
The production of The Miracles by Gordon Honeycombe in Consett Civic Hall in 1970 was a community venture that saw itself as something of a local Oberammergau passion play, and did not involve the...
View ArticleMichael Meacher obituary
Long-serving Labour MP and former environment minister committed to green issues and defeating povertyIn the course of his 45-year career in the House of Commons, Michael Meacher, who has died aged 75,...
View ArticleJoan Perkin obituary
My mother, Joan Perkin, who has died suddenly on her 89th birthday, was by any measure a remarkable woman. She was a working-class girl who left school at 16 and became a university professor 40 years...
View ArticleLetter: Hugh Scully was a walking encyclopedia of classical music
In the early 1970s, when Hugh Scully was one of the presenters of Spotlight, the BBC’s south-west regional TV news magazine, I spent three summers in Plymouth as the lowest of the low, a holiday relief...
View ArticleRosalyn Baxandall obituary
Feminist historian and activist who helped to launch New York Radical WomenThe feminist historian and activist Rosalyn Baxandall, who has died of kidney cancer aged 76, was a redoubtable rebel who...
View ArticleDora Holzhandler obituary
Artist whose affectionate, colourful scenes of domestic and religious life drew on her own experiences in Paris and London“The beginning of a picture is very important,” said the painter Dora...
View ArticlePauline Neville obituary
Author whose novels contained strong elements of memoirPauline Neville, who has died aged 91, was one of those novelists who inspired something close to adoration in her regular readers but who never...
View ArticleVivien Jacobs obituary
My friend and former teacher Vivien Jacobs, who has died aged 89, was one of a pioneering generation of educators passionately committed to comprehensive education. She was a talented teacher whose...
View ArticleChris Mullin on Michael Meacher: he never lost his radical streak or his...
Michael Meacher was my friend and colleague for more than 30 years. We were on the same side in the ferocious struggle for the soul of the Labour party in the late 1970s, and later served together as...
View ArticleDanièle Delorme obituary
Grande dame of French film whose career spanned more than a half-centuryDanièle Delorme, who has died aged 89, began acting professionally in 1942 and continued until the end of the century in films,...
View ArticleLetter: Brian Friel’s Translations
The finest play I’ve read in manuscript before being produced is Translations by Brian Friel, in my opinion still the wisest and most perceptive understanding of the issues around Anglo-Irish...
View ArticleFundraiser Kirsty Howard's life in pictures
UK fundraiser Kirsty Howard has died aged 20. Born with a back-to-front heart, Kirsty was not expected to live past the age of 4. She raised over £7.5m for Manchester’s Francis House Children’s...
View ArticleMaureen O'Hara's film career – in pictures
Actress Maureen O’Hara has died aged 95, after a prolific career spanning several decades and including films such as How Green Was My Valley, the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Miracle on 34th...
View ArticleCory Wells obituary
Singer and musician who co-founded the American band Three Dog NightCory Wells, who has died aged 74, was a founder member of the pop vocal trio Three Dog Night. Despite never being the band of choice...
View ArticleMaureen O’Hara obituary
Irish-born Hollywood star known for playing fiery heroines happy to stand up to menIn the early 1950s the prevailing image of Maureen O’Hara, who has died aged 95, was one of a feisty heroine, red hair...
View ArticlePeter Baldwin obituary
Actor best known as Derek Wilton in Coronation StreetFor 21 years the actor Peter Baldwin, who has died of cancer aged 82, played the dopey fusspot Derek Wilton in Coronation Street. With Thelma Barlow...
View ArticleGilda Baron
My friend Gilda Baron, who has died aged 77, spent much of her life teaching textile design, and later became a well-known textile artist in her own right.Born in Stepney, east London, to Sidney, a...
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