Football mourns Brian Lomax, the founding father of supporter activism
The first managing director of Supporters Direct, who has died aged 67, was as passionate about the involvement of fans in their clubs as he was about his own team, Northampton TownBrian Lomax, who has...
View Article‘A page of history has turned’: Ahmad Chalabi, Iraqi nationalist and friend...
Chalabi knew very well that Iraq, even before Syria, was a victim of the hostility between Washington and Tehran, says Gareth SmythIn November 2005 I went to see Ahmad Chalabi, then Iraq’s deputy prime...
View ArticleTom Graveney, former England captain and MCC president, dies aged 88
• Graveney scored 4,882 Test runs at an average of 44.38• Played for Gloucestershire and WorcestershireTributes for the former England captain and MCC president, Tom Graveney, have flooded in after he...
View ArticleStephen Hancock obituary
TV and stage actor known for playing Ernest Bishop in Coronation StreetWhen the actor Stephen Hancock, who has died aged 89, refused to sign a new contract with Coronation Street on a matter of...
View ArticleColin Welland obituary
Actor and screenwriter who took Hollywood by storm with the 1981 film Chariots of FireWhen Colin Welland, who has died aged 81 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, was handed the Oscar for his...
View ArticlePeter Donaldson obituary
Radio 4 newsreader whose voice conveyed authority and calmThe newsreader Peter Donaldson, who has died aged 70 after suffering from cancer, was one of the great voices of BBC Radio 4. He was calm and...
View ArticleTom Graveney, elegant master batsman who thrilled the crowds | Vic Marks
The former England player who has died aged 88 formed a memorable partnership with Basil D’Oliveira when they played together at WorcestershireCricket lovers of half a century ago would travel miles to...
View ArticleMaj Gen Michael Swindells obituary
My brother-in-law Maj Gen Michael Swindells has drowned while swimming off the coast of the Italian island of Elba, aged 85. The army and his family were Mike’s life. Son of George and Marjory...
View ArticleRuth Boswell obituary
Writer, publisher and TV producer who made drama for children and adultsRuth Boswell, who has died aged 86, “got into telly” after a job reading unsolicited scripts for ATV during the early 1960s. She...
View ArticleTom Graveney obituary
Supremely gifted batsman who represented England in 79 Tests and played county cricket for Gloucestershire and WorcestershireOf all the poetic images ventured to describe the cricketer Tom Graveney,...
View ArticleAhmed Chalabi obituary
Controversial Iraqi politician who claimed falsely that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destructionAhmed Chalabi, the darling of the US neocons, who became the most prolific conduit of false...
View ArticleMelissa Mathison, ET screenwriter, dies aged 65 in Los Angeles
Oscar-nominated screenwriter’s final project, a big screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG, reunited her with director Steven SpielbergMelissa Mathison, the Oscar-nominated writer behind Steven...
View ArticleJohn Blatchly obituary
For more than 40 years, my friend and mentor John Blatchly, who has died aged 82, was at the heart of historical activities in East Anglia.Son of Albert and Edith, John became, after Cambridge and the...
View ArticleDavid Puttnam on Colin Welland: ‘The depth of his feelings was achingly real’
Colin Welland was an unswervingly good man, a fine actor, and a seriously gifted screenwriter.These gifts not only brought him most of the accolades TV and cinema can offer, but cemented the careers of...
View ArticleLetter: Peter Donaldson obituary
In 1997 I worked with Peter Donaldson at the BBC’s Studio 1, Maida Vale, on a radiophonic work that I had composed with the Spanish artist Juan Muñoz called A Man in a Room, Gambling, which was related...
View ArticlePenelope Houston obituary
Writer who edited the BFI’s Sight & Sound magazine for 35 yearsPenelope Houston, editor of the British Film Institute’s magazine Sight & Sound for 35 years, who has died aged 88, was steeped in...
View ArticleDiana Pullein-Thompson obituary
Author inspired by her rural upbringing to write pony booksDiana Pullein-Thompson, who has died aged 90, was the author of 30 pony books – ripping yarns, full of adventure, in which plucky young...
View ArticleLetter: Michael Meacher captivated his audience with zeal and determination
I recall vividly the first meeting of the parliamentary environment group after Labour’s election win in 1997. Michael Meacher arrived, breathless and late, into a packed and hot committee room in...
View ArticleMelissa Mathison obituary
Screenwriter whose triumph with E.T. won her a place among the greats of cinemaThe screenwriter Melissa Mathison, who has died aged 65 of neuroendocrine cancer, had only a handful of credits to her...
View ArticleMaggie Eales obituary
ITN foreign editor who became international news chief of CNNMaggie Eales, who has died of cancer aged 67, made her way, in a 40-year career, from the secretarial pool at Independent Television News to...
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