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Kevin Brehony obituary
My husband, Kevin Brehony, Froebel professor of early childhood studies at Roehampton University, has died of cancer aged 65. Kevin was a lifelong enthusiast for child-centred education and a historian...
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Ignat Avsey obituary
Ignat Avsey, who has died of cancer aged 75, was a distinguished translator from Russian. He breathed new life into not only two of Dostoevsky's best-known novels (The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot)...
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Bill Bell obituary
My former colleague and friend Bill Bell, who has died aged 93, played a key role in putting a huge swath of East Africa on track to economic success. Wise and fair-minded, with excellent social skills...
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Colin Eglin obituary
South African politician who was a leader of the opposition during the apartheid yearsColin Eglin, who has died aged 88, was one of the leading progressive voices in the South African struggle against...
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Letter: 'We were 12 fairly cynical young singers, but John Graham won us over'
I was a member of the professional choir at St Peter's, Eaton Square, London, when John Graham (Araucaria, obituary, 27 November) was rector. We were 12 fairly cynical young singers doing our church...
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General Alfonso Armada obituary
Spanish aristocrat and Franco supporter jailed for his part in the failed coup of 1981On 23 February 1981, General Alfonso Armada was just a few hours from becoming prime minister of Spain – in his own...
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Ruth Robinson obituary
My mother, Ruth Robinson, who has died aged 97, began a successful second career as a contemporary jeweller in her 50s, while studying at Camden Institute and Sir John Cass School of Art (now London...
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Roy Hopwood obituary
Few people have had such an influence on the teaching of English literature as Roy Hopwood, who has died aged 86. Anyone who has taught, studied or examined English literature A-level in Britain in the...
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Eleanor Parker obituary
Versatile actor best known for her roles in The Sound of Music and Of Human BondageIn the Hollywood of the 1940s and 50s, when typecasting was an essential constituent of stardom, Eleanor Parker, who...
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Peter Frank obituary
Academic and broadcaster who made Russian politics intelligible to a British audienceProfessor Peter Frank, who has died aged 79, probably did more than anyone of his generation to engage the British...
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Letters: Barry Jackson the tennis player
Richard Norton-Taylor and Simon Hattenstone write:Barry Jackson's best-known role may have been the pathologist George Bullard in Midsomer Murders, but his favourite was the title role of Horace, the...
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Andrew Semple obituary
Pioneering doctor and medical health officer in Liverpool who battled against infectious disease, slum conditions and pollutionFrom 1948 until 1974, Andrew Semple's patient was the city of Liverpool....
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Sonia Fraser obituary
My mum, Sonia Fraser, who has died aged 76, began her 60-year career in the theatre when she "ran away" from home to join the Bristol Old Vic theatre school. In her words: "I went off at 15 with a copy...
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Harry Lawton obituary
As head of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Windscale nuclear research laboratories in Cumbria from 1976 until 1987, my father, Harry Lawton, who has died aged 91, was a major figure at an...
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Maggie Fagan obituary
During a journey delivering Maggie Fagan back to university, her mother, Elsie, declared that she had something to tell her.It was that Elsie had been born not in Yorkshire, where they lived, but in...
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Tabu Ley Rochereau obituary
Singer and bandleader who found worldwide fame with soukous, a Congolese rumbaThe Congolese songwriter, singer and bandleader Tabu Ley Rochereau, who has died aged 76, was one of Africa's most popular...
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Letter: 'Bill Foulkes and the other survivors ensured that Manchester Utd was...
I was one of the many sports fans drawn to Manchester United by the achievement of Bill Foulkes and other survivors of the Munich air disaster of February 1958. In the crash and soon after, 23 people...
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Colin Carter obituary
My friend Colin Carter, who has died from lung cancer aged 50, was truly passionate about real ale. Although he was a member of both the Campaign for Real Ale and the Society for the Preservation of...
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Patrice Chéreau: directing in the shadow of death
The great French director, who died recently, took some persuading to do a play in London – and was seriously ill when he did. But the experience was life-changing, recalls the Young Vic's artistic...
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Jim Hall obituary
Quietly lyrical American jazz guitaristThe jazz guitarist Jim Hall, who has died aged 83, was a modest maestro with immense influence. Hall played an electric instrument often prone to hyperbole with...
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