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Naeem Malik obituary
The working life of my father, Naeem Malik, who has died aged 83, was characterised by restlessness. He worked as a tutor, a restaurant reviewer and as a broadcaster for the BBC's Urdu language...
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Peter Wilcockson obituary
My father, Peter Wilcockson, who has died aged 85, was a brilliant ceramic sculptor and painter. From 1965 to 1979, he was an enthusiastic member of staff (and eventually head of art) at Newland Park...
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary
Novelist and screenwriter known for her work on Merchant Ivory films, including A Room with a View and Heat and DustThe writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who has died aged 85, achieved her greatest fame...
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Jean Floud obituary
Leading educational sociologist and academic who became the principal of Newnham College, CambridgeJean Floud, who has died aged 97, was one of Britain's leading educational sociologists. Her career...
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Milo O'Shea obituary
Irish stage and screen character actor who appeared in Barbarella, The Verdict and the BBC's 1969 sitcom Me MammyFor a performer of such fame and versatility, the distinguished Irish character actor...
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Colin Boyd obituary
My father, Colin Boyd, who has died aged 86, grew up on an isolated smallholding at Causey, near the colliery town of Stanley, Co Durham, with no sanitation, water or electricity. His father, Robert,...
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Glyn Jones obituary
My friend Glyn Jones, who has died aged 81, was a medical sales representative for the Wellcome Foundation but, outside work, one of his passions was photography. He joined the Royal Photographic...
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Mabel Cooper obituary
My friend Mabel Cooper, who has died of cancer aged 68, was a charismatic and inspirational figure. She drew on her personal experience of learning disability to tell stories that readers and listeners...
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Sam Richmond obituary
My friend and colleague Sam Richmond, a former consultant at City Hospitals Sunderland, has died aged 62 after a long illness. Sam, who retired in 2011, was appointed as a consultant in neonatology at...
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Konrad Singer obituary
My father, Konrad Singer, who has died aged 95, pioneered the use of computer simulations in physical chemistry. His main research was in statistical mechanics, using computers to predict the...
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Marcel Van Cleemput obituary
Our father, Marcel Van Cleemput, who has died aged 86, was affectionately known as "Mr Corgi". He was responsible for every Corgi toy model in his role as chief designer, a position he held from 1956...
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Roger Ebert obituary
Chicago film critic with a worldwide appealFor 46 years Roger Ebert, who has died aged 70 after suffering from cancer, wrote on films for the Chicago Sun-Times, and did not want to stop. The one thing...
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Jesús Franco
Prolific Spanish film-maker who specialised in psychedelic gothic horror – often laced with sex and violenceAccording to the Internet Movie Database, the Spanish film-maker Jesús Franco, who has died...
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Peter Smith obituary
Peter Smith, who has died aged 86, was a pioneer in studying vernacular architecture by systematically analysing large numbers of buildings. His book Houses of the Welsh Countryside (1975) is still...
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Angus Hutchison obituary
My father, Angus Hutchison, who has died aged 75, was Scotland's last principal lighthouse keeper. When he moved out of the South lighthouse on Fair Isle, a remote island about halfway between Orkney...
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David Wilkie obituary
My colleague David Wilkie, who has died aged 89, was an authority on the genetics of mitochondria, the organelles that generate most of a cell's energy. In the early 1960s, the idea that cell...
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Bigas Luna obituary
Spanish film director whose 'Iberian passion' trilogy began with Jamon JamonFor 39 years, under General Francisco Franco's repressive regime, it was almost impossible for Spain to create a vibrant film...
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A selection of images from the life of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister
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Guardian staff photographer Martin Argles sums up Margaret Thatcher's career in picturesMartin Argles
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Margaret Thatcher, a political phenomenon, dies aged 87
Britain's first female prime minister whose three terms broke the pattern of postwar politicsMargaret Thatcher, who has died aged 87, was a political phenomenon. She was the first woman elected to lead...
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