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Letter: Why James Gibb held auditions for the Communist party
James Gibb used to wonder whether his piano teacher, Mabel Lander, ever suspected how many of her pupils were members of the Communist party. While she was giving lessons to the princesses Elizabeth...
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Letter: Sir Colin Stansfield Smith's innovative approach to school design
I was the headteacher of North Waltham primary school in Hampshire, whose original flint-knapped Victorian school buildings are Grade II listed. When extensions were needed in the 1970s, the county...
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John Gates obituary
My father, John Gates, who has died aged 90, gained an international reputation in his field of optical measurement and photogrammetry, as one who disrupted received wisdom and sought fresh approaches...
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Alan Ruttley obituary
My uncle Alan Ruttley, who has died aged 88, was a senior lecturer in English and liberal studies at Plymouth College of Further Education (now City College Plymouth), where he was an inspiration to...
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John Stollery obituary
My friend, colleague and tutor John Stollery, who has died aged 83, was a distinguished engineer. He contributed to the understanding of high-speed flight and inspired three generations of students to...
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John King obituary
My father, John King, who has died aged 90, should have had the starring role in a film about his life. It was so exciting and varied and he was so clever and witty. He could even have written the...
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Rona Anderson obituary
Star of British film thrillers who specialised in the role of the classy girlfriendIn the 1950s, while watching a second feature before the "big picture" at their local cinema, regular British...
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Fernando Alonso obituary
Dancer, teacher and co-founder of the National Ballet of CubaFernando Alonso, who has died aged 98, was one of the principal architects of classical ballet in Cuba. With his ballerina wife, Alicia,...
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Letter: Rosemary Fost's deep commitment
I had the greatest of good luck to meet Rosemary Fost in Oxford 30 years ago. Rosemary didn't believe in anything as tame as EM Forster's "only connect": for her, to connect and connect and keep...
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Letter: Norman Atkinson was part of London's political landscape
In my early years on Haringey trades council, from 1979, Norman Atkinson, Labour MP for Tottenham, was part of the political landscape. His industrial and trade-union background fitted well a...
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Letter: At home with Elaine Morgan, overlooking an opencast coalmine
In the 1950s, I was preparing to direct a BBC dramatised documentary, Black Furrow, written by Elaine Morgan and my television debut. I visited Elaine at her home near Aberdare, overlooking an opencast...
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Karen Black obituary
Actor with a talent for conveying her characters' rich and troubled inner livesThe New Hollywood movement was primarily a male, auteur-led phenomenon. But the contribution of performers as adventurous...
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Rita Reys obituary
Dutch singer known as 'Europe's first lady of jazz'The Dutch singer Rita Reys, who has died aged 88, was perhaps too committed a cabaret artist in her later years to sustain the international jazz...
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Eydie Gorme obituary
Popular TV and nightclub singer who also performed in a double act with her husband Steve LawrenceWith her husband Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, who has died aged 84, was one of the last survivors of an...
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Jack Clement obituary
Country music producer and songwriter who worked with artists from George Jones to U2Jack Clement, who has died aged 82, was not only a prolific and successful songwriter and an able musician but had a...
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Alan Wright obituary
There are few who are born, live and die in the same house as Alan Wright did – but he also worked in some 80 countries and Antarctica. Alan, who has died of a heart attack aged 78, even had a...
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Geoffrey Whitehead obituary
My father, Geoffrey Whitehead, who has died aged 91, was a prolific author of school and college textbooks on business studies and related topics. Frustrated by the lack of a decent guide to help his...
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Margery Lewis obituary
My mother-in-law, Margery Lewis, who has died aged 97, was among the original 36 women who walked from Cardiff to Greenham Common in 1981 – aiming to raise awareness of government plans to site nuclear...
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David McLetchie
Former Scottish Conservative leader held in high regard by colleagues and constituentsDavid McLetchie, who has died of cancer aged 61, belonged to a threatened species, as a leading Scottish Tory...
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Johanna MacKenzie obituary
Although teaching and many other interests were important to her, the life of my aunt Johanna MacKenzie, who has died aged 98, was defined by the crofting family and community into which she was born...
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