Joseph Kerman obituary
Musicologist who taught at American and British universities and was a remarkable criticAs a writer, the American musicologist Joseph Kerman, who has died aged 89, brought the highest standards of...
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Catalan sculptor whose creations can be seen worldwide, and most notably on Gaudí's Sagrada Família cathedral in BarcelonaThe sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs, who has died aged 87, is mainly associated...
View ArticleAnna Reynolds obituary
Mezzo-soprano with a varied style and stage presence, noted for singing WagnerFor a time in the 1960s and 70s, the mezzo-soprano Anna Reynolds, who has died aged 82, was constantly in demand in opera...
View ArticleMargaret Spufford obituary
Historian with a sympathetic understanding of common people in 16th- and 17th-century EnglandAs a historian of the unconsidered people of 16th- and 17th-century England, Margaret Spufford, who has died...
View ArticleRoger Tolson obituary
My friend and colleague Roger Tolson, who has died aged 55 of cancer, was at the forefront of innovative exhibitions at the Imperial War Museum in London that changed the way visitors perceived both...
View ArticleGabriel García Márquez obituary
Colombian Nobel laureate who helped to launch boom in Latin American literature with novel One Hundred Years of SolitudeFew writers have produced novels that are acknowledged as masterpieces not only...
View ArticleRichard Broke obituary
Film and TV producer behind such politically controversial BBC dramas as The Monocled Mutineer and TumbledownRichard Broke, who has died aged 70, not only produced and script-edited some of the most...
View ArticleJonathan Powell on Richard Broke: 'He did not seek controversy but, when it...
Richard Broke belonged to that generation of producers who inherited the mantle of BBC Drama after the noise and bustle of Sydney Newman's innovatory regime. Richard was intensely loyal to the idea...
View ArticleMartyn Auty on Richard Broke's 'impish humour and gossipy good fun'
During his time as head of Screen One at the BBC, in 1991 I pitched Richard Broke a project called A Foreign Field, with an ageing cast that included Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Lauren Bacall and Jeanne...
View ArticleTeazle Fredenburgh obituary
My mother, Teazle Fredenburgh, who has died aged 104, was passionately interested in people and their cultures, and in the world events that affected and involved them.She was born Julie Taylor in...
View ArticleIan Hamilton Fazey obituary
My friend and colleague Ian Hamilton Fazey, who has died of a heart attack aged 71, was northern correspondent of the Financial Times during the Thatcher-driven restructuring that transformed industry...
View ArticleDerek Cooper obituary
Presenter of Radio 4's The Food Programme who took on politicians and industry chiefsDerek Cooper, who has died aged 88, was for many years the presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme. His...
View ArticleMary Rimington obituary
My mother, Mary Rimington, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 65, was deputy principal of City and Islington College, in north London, where she was one of a team of people that found new ways of...
View ArticleRubin 'Hurricane' Carter
American boxer whose fight against the injustice of his life sentence for a triple murder was taken up by Bob Dylan in his 1975 protest song HurricaneAs a boxer, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who has died...
View ArticleWilliam Brayne obituary
My friend William Brayne, who has died aged 78 after suffering from cancer, made his name as a documentary film cameraman and as a director of action-packed television drama. Bill's reputation of being...
View ArticleJustin Smith obituary
My brother-in-law Justin Smith, who has died suddenly aged 46, was Bristol city council's woodland and wildlife officer, and an expert mycologist, botanist, lichenologist and bryophyte specialist, with...
View ArticleLyonel Evans obituary
My father, Lyonel Evans, who has died aged 84, was a pacifist but he was rarely peaceful. Always one of the first to bang the drum for a cause, he often led a gang of people who would either be full of...
View ArticleJulian Wilson obituary
BBC racing presenter incensed by the falling standards in his sportIf Peter O'Sullevan was for decades the voice of BBC television coverage of horse racing, its face for more than 30 years was the...
View ArticleHarry Karnac obituary
My great-uncle Harry Karnac, who has died aged 94, opened his first shop in Gloucester Road, central London, shortly after leaving the RAF at the end of the second world war. It was a small general...
View ArticleHarriet Rowlands obituary
My friend Harriet Rowlands, who has died aged 60, was an inspiring drama teacher at a number of Hertfordshire schools who had a reputation for being able to reach unreachable pupils.As head of drama at...
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