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Letter: On the trail of Alan Sharp
One of the pleasures of being a jobbing film director is spending time with talents such as Alan Sharp. I trailed happily around New Zealand and Los Angeles after him for a year or so while we tried to...
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Letter: Richard Griffiths was a brilliant Bottom for the RSC
The RSC's 1977 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is the best I've ever seen of that play, due in no small part to the brilliantly controlled and daring performance of Richard Griffiths as Bottom....
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Sir Colin Davis obituary
Interpreter of international renown in music from Mozart to Tippett and MacMillan – and the supreme exponent of BerliozThe rich and fulfilling conducting career of Sir Colin Davis, who has died aged...
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Letter: Pat Halcox's easy rapport
The obituary of Pat Halcox reminded me of the first jazz concert my wife and I attended – a 40th anniversary performance by the Chris Barber Band, featuring Pat, in the mid-90s. As someone who came...
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Stephen Dodgson obituary
Composer whose more than 250 works ranged from instrumental music to chamber operaThe imagination of the composer Stephen Dodgson, who has died aged 89, was galvanised by the personalities and the...
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Thomas Hemsley obituary
Versatile baritone who performed a variety of operatic roles and was an accomplished lieder singerThomas Hemsley, who has died aged 85, was one of the most versatile British singers in the second half...
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Robert Beers obituary
My friend and colleague Robert Beers, who has died aged 66, will be remembered for his work as an award-winning television correspondent, a documentary producer and latterly as a respected...
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David Evans obituary
Our friend David Evans, who has died aged 69 of a heart attack, was former senior lecturer in music at Bangor University. As a scholar, David was an authority on the music of Thomas Tomkins and Adrian...
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John Dalton obituary
My father, John Dalton, who has died of lung cancer aged 64, published two novels, The City Trap (2002) and The Concrete Sea (2005), and tried to direct his energy into the things he loved: reading,...
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Lord Thurlow obituary
British high commissioner during the early years of an independent Nigeria''I sometimes wonder whether I did the right thing in keeping Nigeria together." This remarkable statement was made in 2007 by...
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Nigel Rogers obituary
Many people aspire to change lives through their actions. Our friend and colleague Nigel Rogers, who has died of a heart attack aged 55, was someone who did so for thousands of vulnerable adults and...
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Neil Scott obituary
Our friend and colleague Neil Scott, who has died aged 90, played a crucial role in the development of modern university careers services. He was head of the Nottingham University careers service when...
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Graeme Gilmour obituary
Sculptor and designer who created memorable installation art on rivers and hilltops, in forests and fieldsSince the advent of John Fox's spectaculars of ritual and procession in Yorkshire with the...
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Bryan Heiser obituary
My husband, Bryan Heiser, who has died of polio aged 67, spent most of his adult life fighting for the rights of the disadvantaged and, through the poetry he wrote, highlighting life's subtle twists...
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Nigel West obituary
My friend Nigel West, who has died suddenly aged 60 on holiday in India, was well-known in South Yorkshire's folk music circle. He also worked tirelessly for the underprivileged.His family were...
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Gill Howie obituary
My friend Gill Howie, who has died of cancer aged 47, was a popular and inspirational professor and head of philosophy at the University of Liverpool. As a philosopher, her work went deeply into the...
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Bi Kidude dies
Enigmatic performer of taarab music and one of the first Zanzibari women to sing in publicThe Zanzibari singer Bi Kidude (Kiswahili for "Little Granny"), who has died at the age of around 102, had a...
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Letter: Colin Davis's route to a result
As a budding opera buff I was lucky enough to live in Islington, London, in the 1960s, so Sadler's Wells was just round the corner. I heard 21 operas conducted by Sir Colin Davis, nearly all at the...
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Letter: Colin Davis in the 1960s
In the early 1960s, the young Colin Davis was beginning to make his mark. I joined the Chelsea Opera Group (COG) in 1962 and fell under his spell in my first rehearsal, of Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette,...
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Letter: Colin Davis and a swaggering Don
In 1959 I accidentally heard the young Colin Davis's emergence as a major conductor. I was in the Royal Festival Hall in London for what should have been Otto Klemperer's performance of Don Giovanni,...
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