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Lisa Allardice on Doris Lessing: 'She helped change the way women are...
"Oh Christ!" was Doris Lessing's characteristically no-nonsense response to the assembled crowd of photographers from whom she learned that she had finally been awarded the Nobel prize for literature...
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Author and Nobel laureate for literature Doris Lessing has died aged 94. Her body of work delved into human relations and inspired a generation of feminist writers
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Doris Lessing obituary
Visionary, prophet, feminist icon and Nobel prizewinner given to constant literary reinventionDoris Lessing, who has died aged 94, was one of the major fiction writers of the second half of the 20th...
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At the start of The Golden Notebook, central character Anna Wulf says: "As far as I can see everything is cracking up." Doris Lessing explains how a line emerging from a traumatic disillusionment with...
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Keith Reed obituary
My friend Keith Reed, who has died of cancer aged 61, was an analytical psychologist whose work brought peace and tranquillity to many. His sensitivity, compassion and commitment made him much...
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Erika Cox obituary
My friend Erika Cox, who has died of cancer aged 69, was an Open University tutor for half her lifetime. She was loved and respected by students and her fellow tutors on psychology courses.Erika...
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Letter: John Tavener's moment at Pentonville prison
I was teaching yoga at Pentonville prison when, in 2000, John Tavener was commissioned to write a piece to be performed in the large prison chapel by the London Sinfonietta. The piece was called In One...
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Arthur Verney obituary
Deaf and disabled people's rights campaigner who promoted the cause of British Sign LanguageIn 1980, Arthur Verney, who has died aged 70 from complications following surgery, became general secretary...
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Yves Coueslant obituary
One of the three founders of the international perfume business DiptyqueWhen François Mitterrand, the former French president, visited Diptyque, the small Paris shop round the corner from his home in...
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William Weaver obituary
Renowned translator best known for rendering the robust Italian prose of Eco's The Name of the Rose into nuanced EnglishWilliam Weaver, who has died aged 90, was the greatest of all Italian...
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Roy Grantham obituary
Head of the Apex union who decided to play by the rules during the bitter Grunwick dispute of the late 1970sRoy Grantham, who has died aged 86, was a principled, pragmatic, old-style trade union...
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Monica Turner obituary
Monica Turner, who has died aged 88, was the first woman to acquire a doctorate in ornithology in Britain. She joined the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Oxford, in 1948, to undertake...
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Ken Bodden obituary
My friend Ken Bodden, who has died aged 63 from a heart attack, was an unforgettable person who seemed to have lived several lives. A committed socialist, political activist, paralympic skier and...
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Bernard Roberts obituary
Pianist renowned for performances of Bach and BeethovenThe pianist Bernard Roberts, highly regarded for his impeccable performances of classical and romantic repertoire, has died at the age of 80. His...
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Stephen Bower obituary
My father, Stephen Bower, who has died of cancer aged 69, was what every child would have hoped for in a parent: a patient, funny man with a twinkle in his eye, he could blow smoke from his nostrils...
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Robert Leeson obituary
My friend and former colleague Robert Leeson, who has died aged 85, was a powerful force for change in children's books in the 1970s and 80s, as a critic, campaigner and creator. The author of more...
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Frederick Sanger obituary
Nobel prizewinning biochemist whose pioneering work on insulin and DNA transformed the field of geneticsThe biochemist Frederick Sanger, who has died aged 95, had the rare distinction of winning the...
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Mavis Batey obituary
Garden historian who was one of the top codebreakers at Bletchley Park during the second world warMavis Batey, who has died aged 92, was often described as one of the top female codebreakers at...
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Ray Gosling obituary
Idiosyncratic and poetic broadcaster with a wry take on the lives of ordinary peopleIan Mayes on Ray Gosling: 'He cared intensely about people, and about his writing'One day in Bolton in the 1960s, Ray...
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Ian Mayes on Ray Gosling: 'He cared intensely about people, and about his...
I knew Ray Gosling from the early 1960s. I worked for the evening paper in Northampton and loved his writing, some of which I managed to get into the paper. It was a little avant garde by their...
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