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Letter: David Jacobs played a central role at the Rose theatre, Kingston
David Jacobs had an impact in the arts beyond the world of broadcasting. In 1989 he became the first chair of the Kingston Theatre Trust, a role he fulfilled with wit, determination and no small amount...
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Letter: David Jacobs and Elizabeth Bishop's art of losing
Some years ago I took part in a fundraising event on behalf of the Rose theatre, Kingston, with Simon Hoggart and Jacqueline Wilson. The expert chairman was David Jacobs. We each had to choose six...
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Geoffrey Goodman
Leading Fleet Street journalist who reported on the upheavals of British industrial relationsLong after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the journalist Geoffrey Goodman, who has died aged 91,...
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Ian Aitken on Geoffrey Goodman: 'In my very first job in journalism, Geoffrey...
Geoffrey Goodman was a loyal friend and supporter of Aneurin Bevan, the leftwing founder of the NHS, and he remained a Bevanite socialist for the remainder of his life. This translated itself into...
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Rodney Sabine obituary
My father, Rodney Sabine, who has died of a heart attack aged 66, was a hard man to categorise. If you had asked him his profession, he would have said "retired headteacher", but during his life he was...
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Terry Burton obituary
My friend and colleague Terry Burton, who has died aged 74, was a veteran socialist and union activist. He did not get the chance to go to university, but instead picked up his wide range of knowledge...
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Margaret Coles obituary
Photographs from 1958 show my sister Margaret Coles as one of only seven women among more than 100 doctors graduating from Leeds medical school. Margaret, who has died of cancer aged 80, was an early...
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Dame Juliet Wheldon obituary
Dynamic Treasury solicitor who went on to become the Bank of England's legal adviserThe relationship between the law and politics is a sensitive and complex one. Few understood this vital but difficult...
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Tatyana Zaslavskaya obituary
The eminent Russian sociologist Tatyana Zaslavskaya, who has died aged 85, is best known in the west as the author of the Novosibirsk Report, which addressed a systemic crisis in the economy of the...
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Letter: 'Geoffrey Goodman was a radio producer's delight'
Harry Schneider writes: Geoffrey Goodman (obituary, 7 September) was a radio producer's delight. Although a lifelong print journalist, he loved a medium for which his deep resonant voice equipped him...
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Lord Hayhoe obituary
Pro-European Tory MP and minister thwarted by Margaret ThatcherBarney Hayhoe, Lord Hayhoe, who has died aged 88, was shrewd and genial, but had to strain his natural good humour during his long...
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Susan FitzGerald obituary
Versatile actor who brought intelligence and grace to her many roles on the Irish stageIce cool on stage, with sharp good looks and a wit to match them, Susan FitzGerald, who has died aged 64, was a...
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David Barker obituary
Epidemiologist who proposed the idea that common chronic diseases result from poor nutrition in the wombThe physician and epidemiologist David Barker, who has died aged 75, posited the initially...
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Pamela Johns obituary
My mother, Pamela Johns, who has died aged 85, was born in the year that the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act gained royal assent. It was only then that women had equal voting rights...
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Tommy Morrison obituary
World heavyweight boxing champion with a star role in Rocky VWhen Tommy Morrison outpointed George Foreman to win the WBO version of the world heavyweight boxing title in 1993, it seemed he had it all....
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Basil Isaac obituary
For 30 years, my father-in-law, Basil Isaac, who has died aged 86, was a popular teacher of geology to mining students in the heart of the south Wales coalfield. He also laid claim to the second...
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Sir Nicholas Monck obituary
Sir Nicholas Monck, who has died aged 78, was a member of that self-effacing elite on whom the government has always depended – a senior civil servant prepared to devote his life to unsung and...
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Ernie Clarke obituary
My grandfather Ernie Clarke, who has died aged 89, was a lifelong communist who was dedicated to changing society for the better.He was born in Southwark, London, into an impoverished working-class...
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Nick Reeves obituary
My friend and colleague Nick Reeves, who has died aged 60 after a stroke, was one of the most considered and forthright voices in the environmental sector.As executive director from 1998, he led the...
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Lewis Morley obituary
Photographer who found fame with his portrait of Christine Keeler, which came to embody the permissiveness of the 1960sLewis Morley, who has died aged 88, created many of the era-defining images of the...
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