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George Spenceley obituary
My husband, George Spenceley, who has died aged 91, was a climber, photographer and lecturer.In 1955-56, he was a member of a survey expedition to Antarctic South Georgia, where the Spenceley glacier...
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Alison Hunter obituary
My wife, Alison Hunter, who has died of heart failure aged 57, was a remarkable woman from a remarkable family. Alison was a wheelchair user from early childhood who went on to establish a successful...
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Letter: Making a scene with Raymond Cusick at Wimbledon theatre
Raymond Cusick worked first as a scenic artist and then as a scenic designer for the Peter Haddon Company while they performed weekly repertory at Wimbledon theatre, south-west London, from 1955 to...
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Maureen Taylor obituary
My mother, Maureen Taylor, has died aged 90. Feisty and intelligent, energetic and argumentative, she was a leading figure in Labour party politics in the north-east for several decades. In the 1970s...
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Letter: At home with the charismatic Guglielmo Galvin
In his admirable obituary of Guglielmo Galvin, Martin Plimmer dates the start of Gil's career as a photographer to his 40s. But when Gil and I, in our mid-20s, took over the lease on a rambling flat in...
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Letters: Kenny Ball, the modest and flawless jazzman
Alan Thompson writes: I worked with Kenny Ball on a number of occasions. One programme I co-produced was Kenny's Personal Choice from Bristol which was broadcast by Radio 2 in 1991. Kenny told me once,...
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Letter: Bruce Millan was quietly impressive and much admired
Bruce Millan was that rarity among the ministerial class: a secretary of state (for Scotland) who could not be wrong-footed on the finer detail of a Scottish Office budget, down to the minutiae of the...
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Letters: Quoting Patricia Hughes
Roger Morton writes: I remember a broadcast interview with the radio announcer Patricia Hughes a few years after she had retired in which she told a story worth preserving. She described how life had...
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Margaret Harker obituary
My friend Margaret Harker, who has died aged 93, had a long association with the Royal Photographic Society and, from 1958 to 1960, served as its first female president. Margaret was the first female...
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Ronnie Marsh obituary
My husband, Ronnie Marsh, who has died aged 92, had an excellent nose for what was good or bad in television drama. In 1955 he was recruited as an assistant floor manager in the BBC's light...
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Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist obituary
One of the German officers who plotted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, who has died aged 90, was thought to be the last survivor of the abortive July 1944 plot by...
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John Railton obituary
My friend and colleague John Railton, who has died aged 83, was an extraordinary musician, composer, conductor and teacher. He wanted musicians to perform beyond their comfort zones, believed...
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Martin Rogers obituary
My husband, Martin Rogers, who has died of cancer aged 61, was a printer, carpenter, sculptor and publisher. A highly inventive man of vision, he was happiest when engaged in new projects, playing with...
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Patricia Birnie obituary
Expert on the law of the sea who became a world authority on the international regulation of whalingPatricia Birnie's expertise in law of the sea and international environmental law brought her to...
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Ieng Sary obituary
Pol Pot's brother-in-law and senior figure in the Khmer Rouge charged with war crimes and genocideIeng Sary, who has died aged 87, was for many years "Brother No 3" in the hierarchy of the communist...
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Howard Liddell obituary
Architect at the forefront of ecological building designThe architect Howard Liddell, who has died aged 67 of cancer, was a pioneering figure in ecological design and community planning. When he went...
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Frank Thornton obituary
Actor best known as the haughty department store supervisor Captain Peacock in the TV comedy Are You Being Served?The actor Frank Thornton, who has died aged 92, had a flair for comedy derived from the...
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Letter: David Farrell's outstanding film stills work led him to the Pink Panther
I first met David Farrell in 1993, when I was researching the history of movie stills photography. Farrell's career as an outstanding film stills man has not been as widely recognised as his other,...
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Lisa Lynch obituary
Writer who recounted her experience of cancer with engaging candour and published a book based on her popular blogThe writer Lisa Lynch, who has died aged 33 of cancer, did a great deal to transform...
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Norman Collier obituary
Quick-thinking comedian whose 'northern comic' routine was a model for many standupsNorman Collier, who has died aged 87, was much loved by fellow comedians, and his apparently old-fashioned "northern...
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